Finding Plaintiffs Lawyers Committed Fraud, Judge Dismisses Tort Cases Against Dole and Dow Chemical
A California judge last week dismissed from the bench two tort cases
against Dole and Dow Chemical, ruling that Los Angeles plaintiffs lawyer
Juan Dominguez and co-counsel in Nicaragua committed a “fraud on the
court” and a “blatant extortion” of the defendants and other
manufacturers of the chemical DBCP, which had been blamed for causing
sterility. The ruling puts in doubt billion in pending judgments that
Dominguez has won in dozens of similar suits.