January 11, 2017
A Costa Rican juice company trying to stave off an effort by Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. to garnish debts it owes to a pineapple grower asked a Florida federal judge on Tuesday to strike a filing that includes references to an agreement that could make it harder for Del Monte to intercept the debt.
November 04, 2016
A Costa Rican juice company sued by Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. for buying pineapples from a grower that Del Monte has beaten in arbitration urged a Florida federal judge Thursday not to send the suit back to state court or make it pay the produce multinational’s legal expenses.
October 12, 2016
A fruit juice company on Tuesday asked a Florida federal judge to deny an attempt by a division of fruit multinational Del Monte to garnish debts owed to a fruit supplier, claiming Del Monte is seeking to enforce an unconfirmed arbitral award over transactions that took place outside U.S. jurisdiction.
October 11, 2016
A unit of Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. asked a Florida federal judge Friday to send its suit against a Costa Rican juice company back to state court and make its adversary pay for what Del Monte called a time-wasting detour to federal court, saying its efforts to garnish a debt were "completely derailed" by the move.
September 26, 2016
Fruit giant Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. told a Florida federal judge Friday that it can legally garnish a juice company's debt to a Costa Rican pineapple farm to satisfy a $32 million arbitration award against the grower, adding that a challenge to the award doesn't change the legal calculus.
September 15, 2016
A Costa Rican juice company sued by fruit giant Del Monte for allegedly buying black market pineapples that the grower was ordered to destroy asked a Florida federal judge Wednesday to pause Del Monte's suit until an arbitration award against the grower is confirmed.