FLORIDA EVERGREEN FOLIAGE v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.

Nos. 04-14455, 04-14506.

470 F.3d 1036 (2006)

FLORIDA EVERGREEN FOLIAGE, Chang, Alpha Botanical, Inc., Richard A. Gallant, Sprengers & Drath, Inc., d.b.a. Mitchell Nursery Farms, J.B. Evelyn, Viveros Tropicales S.A., Andy Cole Valle, Florida Foliage Exchange, Anna Degale, Associated Growers, Herb Koslow, Campbell's Foliage, Inc., Patrick Campbell, Plant & Blooms, Joyce Wong, Costa Nursery, Maria Costa Smith, Bijan Tropical, Inc., Reza Kalantari/Bijan, d.b.a. Bijan Tropical, Inc., Reza Kalantari, Reza Kalantari/Green, d.b.a. Green Exotics, Ruby A. Turvin, Turvin Tropicals, Larry Lopez, Belc Enterprises, Inc., Hattaway, Caribe Bromelias, Inc., Farm Op, Inc., Lipman & Lipman, Inc., World Agriculture, Inc., f.k.a. Otomot, Inc., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants, Wayne Tai, Plaintiff, v. E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee. Florida Evergreen Foliage, Chang, Alpha Botanical, Inc., Richard A. Gallant, Sprengers & Drath, Inc., d.b.a. Mitchell Nursery Farms, et al., Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellees, Mazzoni Farms, Inc., a Florida Corporation, Jack Martin Greenhouses, Inc., f.k.a. M & M Ornamentals, Inc., Plaintiffs, Jack Martin, Plaintiff, Wayne Tai, Plaintiff, v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellant, Crawford & Company, a Georgia corporation, Defendant. J.B. Evelyn, Counter-Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Angus McKinnon, A. Camden Lewis, Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, LLP, Columbia, SC, David J. Sales, Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, FL, Stephen T. Cox, Cox & Moyer, San Francisco, CA, Walter Samuel Holland, The Ferraro Law Firm, P.A., Coral Gables, FL, for Plaintiffs.

C. Allen Garrett, Jr., A. Stephens Clay, IV, James F. Bogan, III, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, Edward A. Moss, Eileen Tilghman Moss, Law Offices of Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., Miami, FL, for Defendants.

Before PRYOR, FAY and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

I. INTRODUCTION

This appeal arises from twenty-eight separate complaints filed between 1998 and 2000 that were consolidated for pretrial purposes. A consortium of Florida farmers, plant nurseries, and corporations ("Growers") appeals the denial of their motions to amend their complaints and the summary judgment entered against their claims of fraudulent settlement, spoliation, and racketeering. DuPont cross-appeals the summary judgment against...

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