Court Dismisses $2.5 Million Award For Punitive Damages to Field Workers

摘要

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has dismissed a $2.5 million punitive damages award a jury granted five Nicaraguan field workers who alleged exposure to a soil fumigant used on a Dole Food Co. banana plantation caused their sterility (Tellez v. Dole Food Co. Inc., Cal. Super. Ct., No. BC 312852, 3/7/08).