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  • Marqunez v. Dole Food Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Mass Torts
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores Law, Austin, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips Goldman & Spence P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrea E. Neuman, Mary Beth Maloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.
    Case Number: 12-695-RGA

    Court declined to grant summary judgment for defendants where the parties' joint expert persuasively opined that plaintiffs' complaint qualified as a protective action under relevant Ecuadoran law, making plaintiffs' claims not time-barred under the Delaware borrowing statute.

  • Chaverri v. Dole Food Co., Inc.

    Publication Date: 2021-03-10
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials
    Court: Delaware Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Vaughn
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Scott M. Hendler, Rebecca Webber, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX; Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton and Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellants.
    for defendant: Andrea E. Neuman, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Jennifer C. Wasson, Stephanie E. O’Byrne, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Boaz S. Morag, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY; James W. Semple, Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Brandon W. McCune, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX; Ryan D. Stottman, Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Craig Stanfield, King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE; Timothy Jay Houseal, Jennifer M. Kinkus, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE for appellees.
    Case Number: D69319

    Superior court did not abuse discretion in denying motion to vacate dismissal based on after-decided federal cases where differences between the federal first-filed rule and Delaware's first-filed rule meant the superior court could handle plaintiffs' second-filed action differently than it might be handled under the federal rule.

  • August 20, 2020 | Law.com

    After 18 Months of Wrangling, Michigan Officials Agree to Pay More Than $600M to Settle Flint Water Crisis Litigation

    Litigation is still ongoing against the two private engineering firms that allegedly gave the city negligent advice regarding its efforts to change its water supply, which eventually led to the city's drinking water becoming contaminated with lead.

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  • October 4, 2019 | Daily Report Online

    Closing Arguments in Talc Trial Pit What Johnson & Johnson Knew Against 'Junk Science'

    Plaintiffs lawyers argued that Johnson & Johnson knew decades ago that its baby powder posed a health risk, while the company's lawyers said there has never been any evidence linking talc to ovarian cancer.

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  • July 17, 2018 | The Recorder

    Coffee Anyone?: How Sound Legal Conclusions Can Break With Science Under Prop 65

    On June 15, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), which implements and administers California's Proposition 65 program, made an unexpected pivot and proposed a new regulation clarifying that cancer warnings are not required for coffee under Proposition 65.

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  • September 6, 2016 | Delaware Business Court Insider

    Banana Farmers' Toxic Pesticide Cases Revived

    The Third Circuit, reviewing federal courts' discretion under the "first-filed" rule, has revived six lawsuits by hundreds of workers who accused Dole Food Co. Inc., Chiquita B

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  • October 20, 2011 | New Jersey Law Journal

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  • October 19, 2010 | New Jersey Law Journal

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  • October 26, 2009 | New Jersey Law Journal

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  • September 24, 2012 | New Jersey Law Journal

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