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Law Practice

Jul. 9, 2009

'Bananas!' Filmmaker Hit With Defamation Suit

Dole Food Co. filed a defamation suit Wednesday against the filmmaker of a documentary that it alleges maligned Dole by portraying it as an evil corporation that knowingly harmed its workers with a dangerous pesticide. The suit also accuses the filmmaker of glamorizing the Los Angeles lawyer who brought the cases, never mentioning that he now stands accused of fraud.

By Catherine Ho
Daily Journal Staff Writer

Dole Food Co. filed a defamation suit Wednesday against the filmmaker of a documentary that it said "maligns Dole and its 75,000 employees worldwide."

The suit accuses director Fredrik Gertten, producer Margarete Jangard and Swedish film company WG Film of portraying Dole as an evil corporation that knowingly harmed its workers with a dangerous pesticide, while glamorizing the Los Angeles lawyer who broug...

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