GOMEX v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

No. B228876.

EMPERATRIZ MARINA MENDOZA GOMEZ et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Respondent.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

Filed October 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad & Scherer, Terrence P. Collingsworth ; and David Seth Grunwald for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Andrea E. Neuman , William E. Thomson and KatieLynn B. Townsend for Defendant and Respondent.


NOT TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL REPORTS

KRIEGLER, J.

This appeal concerns wrongful death and related claims arising out of an action by 183 heirs of 167 decedents, Colombian nationals, all of whom were murdered in or around banana plantations in Colombia by members of a paramilitary organization, the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, referred to as "AUC."1 The action was brought against defendant Dole Food Company,...

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