Law Practice
Sep. 25, 2008
Ivory Coast Workers Can't Sue U.S. Companies Over Pesticide
Ivory Coast banana and pineapple plantation workers claiming a toxic pesticide left them sterile lost their bid to hold American companies liable Wednesday, thanks to a federal appellate ruling.
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO - Ivory Coast banana and pineapple plantation workers claiming a toxic pesticide left them sterile lost their bid to hold American companies liable Wednesday, thanks to a federal appellate ruling.
The unanimous decision by a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel was a setback in an ongoing effort by foreign claimants to use the federal Alien Tort Statute in U.S. courts to assert human rights viola...
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