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Litigation

May 9, 2009

At the Center of Controversy Over Dole Foods Bananas Pesticide Cases, a Specialist in 'Accidentes'

Juan J. Dominguez pays handsomely to have his larger-than-life image plastered on the sides of public transit vehicles throughout the greater Los Angeles area. Now a judge says he may have committed fraud in massive litigation over whether Nicaraguan farmworkers' were left sterile by pesticides.

By Cortney Fielding
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - If you've ever driven alongside a bus in this town, chances are you're familiar with the supersized, smiling face of Juan J. Dominguez.

The personal injury attorney pays handsomely to have his larger-than-life image plastered on the sides of public transit vehicles throughout the greater Los Angeles area, his one word tag line, "ACCIDENTES," floating in capital letters above his head on...

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