Litigation

Dole Banana Workers' Contempt Hearing Set For This Friday

By Bruce Nye

    Like practically every other California law blogger, I've put up a number of posts on the bizarre goings on in the Los Angeles Superior Court DBCP cases brought by supposed Nicaraguan banana plantation workers against Dole, many of which were dismissed by Judge Chaney last month for fraud.  You can see past posts here, here, here and here.  Judge Chaney's from-the-bench ruling dismissing cases for fraud is like nothing I've ever heard or read before, and thanks to The American Lawyer, the transcript is available here.

    Judge Chaney has apparently set a contempt hearing for Friday, May 8 at 3:00 p.m. p.d.t.  (I say apparently because the on-line docket is a little ambiguous).  Courtroom View Network will have live on-line coverage available here.  Coutesy of CVN, I hope to have a link to a portion of the hearing available here over the weekend or Monday morning.

Full post as published by CalBizLit on May 07, 2009 (boomark / email).