A judge in Los Angeles threw out a $2.3 million verdict against Dole Food Co. on Thursday, ruling that widespread fraud orchestrated by the plaintiffs' attorneys prevented the company from deposing witnesses. The case was brought by Nicaraguans who claim they were rendered sterile after being exposed to the pesticide DBCP while working on Dole's banana plantations in the '70s. The judge concluded that two lawyers coached the plaintiffs, falsified medical records and intimidated Dole's investigators.
July 16, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
A judge in Los Angeles on Thursday threw out a $2.3 million verdict against Dole Food Co., ruling that widespread fraud orchestrated by the plaintiffs’ attorneys prevented the food company from deposing witnesses.
“There was a massive fraud perpetuated on this court,” said Victoria Chaney, a judge of California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal who was acting as a Los Angeles County, Calif., Superior Court judge in the case.
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