Chavez et al v. Dole Food Company, Inc., et al

  1. July 16, 2019

    Chiquita Should Face Farmers' Pesticide Suit, Judge Says

    A Delaware magistrate judge recommended Tuesday that the federal court deny a bid by Chiquita Brands International Inc. affiliates to be freed from a suit alleging they and other companies exposed banana farm workers in Ecuador to harmful pesticides.

  2. November 16, 2018

    Chiquita Units Try To Duck Ecuador Farmers' Pesticide Claims

    A group of Chiquita Brands International Inc. affiliates asked a Delaware federal judge Friday to free them from a portion of litigation alleging they and others exposed Central and South American banana farmers to harmful pesticides, arguing the Ecuadorian farmers in the suit had not laid out specific claims against the brand.

  3. August 21, 2012

    Dole Escapes Banana Workers' Pesticide Suits In Del.

    A Delaware federal judge on Tuesday dismissed Dole Food Co. Inc. and four others from suits claiming the companies exposed banana plantation workers to the harmful pesticide DBCP, ruling the duplicative suits should be decided in the district where they were first brought.

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