CHAVERRI v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

No. 519, 2019.

245 A.3d 927 (2021)

Eduardo Alvarado CHAVERRI, et al., Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., et al., Defendants Below, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: January 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott M. Hendler, Esquire (Argued), and Rebecca Webber, Esquire, Hendler Flores, PLLC, Austin, TX, and Andrew C. Dalton, Esquire , Dalton and Associates, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for Appellants.

Andrea E. Neuman, Esquire (Argued), Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, William E. Thomson, Esquire , Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, and Jennifer C. Wasson, Esquire , and Stephanie E. O'Byrne, Esquire , Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees, Dole Food Company, Inc., Dole Fresh Fruit Company, Standard Fruit Company, and Standard Fruit & Steamship Company.

Boaz S. Morag, Esquire , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY, and James W. Semple, Esquire , Cooch and Taylor, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for Appellee Del Monte Fresh Produce, N.A., Inc.

Adam V. Orlacchio, Esquire , and Brandon W. McCune, Esquire , Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellees, Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Chiquita Brands L.L.C., and Chiquita Fresh North America L.L.C.

Michael L. Brem, Esquire , Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX, and Ryan D. Stottman, Esquire , and Barnaby Grzaslewicz, Esquire , Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee, The Dow Chemical Company.

Craig Stanfield, Esquire , King & Spalding LLP, Houston, TX, and Kelly E. Farnan, Esquire , Richards Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for Appellee, Shell Oil Company.

Timothy Jay Houseal, Esquire , and Jennifer M. Kinkus, Esquire , Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor LLP, Wilmington, DE, for Appellee, Occidental Chemical Corporation.

John C. Phillips, Jr., Esquire , Phillips, Goldman & Spence, P.A., Wilmington, DE, for Appellee, AMVAC Chemical Corporation.

Before SEITZ, Chief Justice; VALIHURA, VAUGHN, TRAYNOR, and MONTGOMERY-REEVES, Justices, constituting the Court en banc.


I. INTRODUCTION

The Plaintiffs-Appellants worked on banana plantations in Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama. They filed their complaint in this case in 2012, claiming that while working on the plantations they suffered personal injuries from a pesticide known as...

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