Banana Plantation Workers ‘Cannot Rescue’ Pesticide Claims, Companies Say

Mealey's (December 15, 2022, 1:47 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Shell Oil Co., Dow Chemical Co. and others have filed a brief in Delaware federal court arguing that they should be granted summary judgment dismissing the claims of Ecuadorian banana plantation workers who contend that they were injured by exposure to pesticides on grounds that the plaintiffs “cannot rescue their decades-stale negligence claims.”...