In dismissing the lawsuit with prejudice on 14 September 2010, the Court ordered that Dole is entitled to judgements against the 185 plaintiffs and that the plaintiffs shall recover nothing from Dole.
“From the outset, Dole has adamantly denied the blatantly false allegations in this lawsuit,” said C Michael Carter, Dole’s executive vice president and general counsel. “It was based on the self-motivated declaration of a convicted Colombian terrorist in the custody of the Colombian government, which the Court had found was ‘inherently unreliable due to the unique circumstances in which [he] finds himself’. This lawsuit was grossly irresponsible.”
Source: Dole Food Company
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