PATRICKSON v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

No. SCWC-30700.

368 P.3d 959 (2015)

137 Haw. 217

Gerardo Dennis PATRICKSON; Rodolfo Bermudez Arias; Benigno Torres Hernandez; Fernando Jimenez Arias; Melgar Olimpio Moreno; Leandro Santos; Herman Romero Aguilar; Elias Espinoza Merelo; Celestino Hooker Era; Alirio Manuel Mendez and Carlos Humber Rivera, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.; DOLE Fresh Fruit Company; DOLE Fresh Fruit International, Inc.; Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii; AMVAC Chemical Corporation; Shell Oil Company; Dow Chemical Company; and Occidental Chemical Corporation, (individually and as successor to Occidental Chemical Company and Occidental Chemical Agricultural Products, Inc., Hooker Chemical and Plastics, Occidental Chemical Company of Texas and Best Fertilizer Company); Standard Fruit Company; Standard Fruit and Steamship Company; Standard Fruit Company De Costa Rica, S.A.; Standard Fruit Company De Honduras, S.A.; Chiquita Brands Inc.; Chiquita Brands International, Inc., (individually and as successor in interest to United Brands Company, Inc.); Maritrop Trading Corporation; Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.); Del Monte Fresh Produce Company; Del Monte Fresh Produce (Hawaii) Inc., (incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawaii, Inc.); Del Monte Fresh Produce Company and Fresh Del Monte N.V., Respondents/Defendants-Appellees. DOLE Food Company, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Dead Sea Bromine Co., Ltd. and Bromine Compounds Limited, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Hawai`i.

As Corrected November 18, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sean M. Lyons , for petitioners.

Sidney K. Ayabe , Calvin E. Young , Steven L. Goto , Honolulu, and Michael L. Brem (admitted pro hac vice) for respondent, The Dow Chemical Company.

Melvyn M. Miyagi , Ross T. Shinyama , Angela T. Thompson , Honolulu, and Andrea E. Neuman (admitted pro hac vice) for respondent, Dole Food Company, Inc.

Melvyn M. Miyagi , Ross T. Shinyama , and Angela T. Thompson , Honolulu, for respondent, Pineapple Growers Association of Hawaii.

Judy A. Tanaka and Maile Osika , Honolulu, for respondent, Occidental Chemical Corporation.

Wendell H. Fuji and Anthony F. Suetsugu , Honolulu, for respondent, Shell Oil Company.


I. Introduction

This appeal challenges the circuit court's grant of partial summary judgment against Plaintiffs on statute of limitations grounds. At issue on certiorari is whether the filing of a putative class action in another jurisdiction operated to toll this state's statute of limitations, and...

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