• Marqunez v. Dole Food Co. Inc.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-05
    Practice Area: Mass Torts
    Industry: Agriculture | Chemicals and Materials | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court of Delaware
    Judge: District Judge Andrews
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Andrew C. Dalton, Dalton & Associates P.A., Wilmington, DE; Scott M. Hendler, Hendler Flores Law, Austin, TX for plaintiffs.
    for defendant: Jennifer C. Wasson, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, Wilmington, DE; Ryan D. Stottmann, Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP, Wilmington, DE; Adam V. Orlacchio, Blank Rome LLP, Wilmington, DE; Kelly E. Farnan, Richards, Layton & Finger, Wilmington, DE; John C. Phillips, Jr., Phillips Goldman & Spence P.A., Wilmington, DE; Andrea E. Neuman, Mary Beth Maloney, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY; William E. Thomson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Michael L. Brem, Schirrmeister Diaz-Arrastia Brem LLP, Houston, TX for defendants.

    Case Number: 12-695-RGA

    Court declined to grant summary judgment for defendants where the parties' joint expert persuasively opined that plaintiffs' complaint qualified as a protective action under relevant Ecuadoran law, making plaintiffs' claims not time-barred under the Delaware borrowing statute.