May 07, 2021
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.
December 21, 2020
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.
September 30, 2020
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.
May 20, 2020
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.
April 23, 2020
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."
November 06, 2019
A Florida federal judge refused a request to send more than 2,000 claims over purported Chiquita-funded terrorism back to Washington, D.C., reasoning late Tuesday that the allegations would be more efficiently litigated with similar suits currently grouped in the Sunshine State.
October 17, 2019
Chiquita urged a Florida federal court Thursday to reject a plaintiff's bid to revive his claims in multidistrict litigation that the fruit grower illegally funded Colombian paramilitary soldiers who allegedly carried out violent killings, saying his newly presented evidence doesn't qualify as new.
September 06, 2019
A Florida federal judge ruled Thursday there is insufficient evidence to hold Chiquita Brands International responsible for any of 12 bellwether cases over violent killings allegedly perpetrated by paramilitary soldiers the banana giant illegally funded in the 1990s and 2000s.
May 31, 2019
A Florida federal judge on Thursday refused to certify a class of New Jersey plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation who claim that Chiquita Brands International funneled $1.7 million to Colombian paramilitaries, ruling the plaintiffs failed to prove a feasible way to accurately define the class.
April 17, 2019
An attorney representing families of banana farmers accusing Chiquita Brands International Inc. of funding murderous South American paramilitaries is blasting the class' lead counsel for allegedly posting confidential material in response to his attempts at disqualifying the counsel.