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  1. April 21, 2017

    DynCorp Prevails In Ecuadorean Farmers' Herbicide Suit

    A Washington, D.C., federal jury on Thursday largely sided with DynCorp in a suit brought by six farmers representing a class of Ecuadoreans who claim the defense contractor poisoned them with herbicide while trying to destroy drug crops in Colombia.

  2. April 18, 2017

    DynCorp Willfully Disregarded Herbicide Effects, Court Told

    Defense contractor DynCorp., at trial over allegations that it poisoned farmers in Ecuador with herbicide while trying to eradicate drug crops in Colombia, should be hit with punitive damages because it acted with "an evil motive," plaintiffs told a Washington, D.C., court Tuesday.

  3. April 10, 2017

    DynCorp Denies Liability For Contractor Chem Spray Pilots

    Defense contractor DynCorp and plaintiffs suing it for allegedly poisoning farmers in Ecuador with herbicide while trying to eradicate drug crops in Colombia sparred in midtrial briefs filed in Washington, D.C., federal court Sunday over whether the company could be held liable for actions of pilots employed by subcontractors and Colombian police.

  4. July 15, 2016

    DynCorp Chem Spray Suit Given Second Wind

    A D.C. federal judge gave some much-needed lifeblood to two lawsuits against DynCorp over an anti-drug herbicide operation in Colombia, saying Friday she was not buying the defense contractor's argument that rulings against 20 plaintiffs apply to the roughly 2,000-strong class allegedly exposed to the chemical.