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In Re: Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholders Derivative Litigation

  1. August 24, 2022

    Tort, Torture Claims Against Chiquita Tossed In Terrorism MDL

    A Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands International has tossed numerous claims lodged by Colombian nationals who accused the banana company of funneling $1.7 million to a paramilitary group they said killed and tortured their relatives.

  2. September 20, 2021

    Attys Sort Out Duplicate Counsel In Chiquita Terror MDL

    Attorneys representing hundreds of plaintiffs seeking to hold Chiquita Brands International Inc. liable in multidistrict litigation for funding a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group they claim killed their relatives told a Florida federal court Monday that they had sorted out disputed overlapping representations on the eve of a scheduled hearing.

  3. September 10, 2021

    Chiquita Says Evidence Fails To Back Terror-Funding Claims

    Chiquita Brands International on Friday told a Florida federal judge overseeing expansive multidistrict litigation accusing the banana company of funding a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group that the failure of plaintiffs in 17 bellwether cases to tie the group to their loved ones' killings is "fatal" to their claims.

  4. August 17, 2021

    Hearing Ordered On Duplicate Counsel In Chiquita Terror MDL

    A Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against Chiquita Brands International for allegedly funding a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group on Tuesday set a hearing before a magistrate to address an attorney's bid to disqualify other counsel he says have overlapping representation claims.

  5. May 11, 2021

    Atty Says Girardi Was Part Of Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL

    An attorney representing families of banana farmers accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of funding terrorist groups in South America said Tuesday that lawyers for other plaintiffs have failed to disclose that embattled lawyer Thomas Girardi has been part of the case.

  6. May 07, 2021

    Judge Won't Combine Chiquita Terror Suits Already In MDL

    A Florida federal judge declined Thursday to further consolidate six lawsuits already part of a multidistrict litigation accusing Chiquita Brands International of funding a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group.

  7. December 21, 2020

    Chiquita Wants Victims' Claims Tossed In Terror-Funding MDL

    Chiquita Brands International asked a Florida federal judge on Monday to toss claims in an expansive multidistrict litigation accusing the banana company of funding a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group, arguing that plaintiffs in the 17 remaining bellwether cases have failed to tie the group to the deaths of their loved ones.

  8. September 30, 2020

    Chiquita Escapes Part Of Terror-Funding MDL

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday pared down sprawling multidistrict litigation over Chiquita Brands International's funding of right-wing Colombian paramilitary groups, saying one suit seeking to hold Chiquita liable for killings and torture by the groups was filed three years too late.

  9. May 20, 2020

    Colombians In Chiquita Terror-Funding MDL Want Anonymity

    Colombian plaintiffs suing Chiquita Brands International over violent killings allegedly perpetrated by paramilitary soldiers funded by the banana distributor told the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday that they need their anonymity because they are at risk of retaliatory violence in Colombia.

  10. April 23, 2020

    'Life Is Too Short' So Atty Cedes Clients In Chiquita DQ Fight

    The lead attorney representing families of banana farmers accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of funding terrorist groups in South America voluntarily stepped away from clients he shared with a lawyer calling for his disqualification, telling a Florida federal court Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic "has sharply emphasized that life is too short."

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