In Re: Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Alien Tort Statute and Shareholders Derivative Litigation

  1. March 28, 2018

    Chiquita MDL Plaintiffs Can Depose Colombian Witnesses

    A Florida federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation alleging Chiquita funded right-wing Colombian paramilitaries granted the plaintiffs’ request to depose 13 people in Colombia, including former paramilitary leaders and banana company executives.

  2. February 05, 2018

    Chiquita Settles With Families Before Terrorism Trial

    Ahead of trial on claims that it supported a Colombian terrorist organization that kidnapped and killed six Americans in the 1990s, Chiquita Brands International Inc. informed a Florida federal judge at a hearing Monday that the company reached settlements with the victims' families.

  3. January 03, 2018

    Chiquita Loses Bid To Escape Trial In Terrorism MDL

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday largely denied an attempt by Chiquita Brands International Inc. to escape sprawling multidistrict litigation alleging the company supported a Colombian terrorist organization that kidnapped and killed six Americans in the 1990s, paving the way for a trial next month.

  4. September 22, 2017

    Chiquita Can't Escape New Complaint In MDL, Judge Told

    Relatives of banana workers and others who were attacked and in some cases killed by a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group funded by Chiquita urged a Florida federal court Friday in sprawling multidistrict litigation to deny the company's bid to dismiss their newest complaint, filed in Ohio in March, arguing it doesn't duplicate their Florida suit's claims.

  5. September 06, 2017

    Chiquita Must Show DOJ Docs In Colombia MDL Probes

    A Florida federal judge on Wednesday ordered Chiquita to turn over documents it previously gave to the U.S. government to plaintiffs in multidistrict litigation accusing the banana company of funding right-wing Colombian paramilitaries.

  6. September 01, 2017

    Chiquita Plaintiffs Can't Get Evidence From Colombia Probes

    A Florida federal judge denied a request Friday to collect information regarding ongoing war crimes trials in Colombia, ruling the request from families of people murdered by right-wing Colombian paramilitaries was overbroad and not crucial to their lawsuit against Chiquita.

  7. August 09, 2017

    7 Drop Paramilitary Funding Claims In Chiquita MDL

    The claims brought by seven relatives of murdered hostages who accused Chiquita of being complicit in their deaths by routinely paying off the right-wing Colombian paramilitary group that killed them are being voluntarily dismissed from a sprawling multidistrict litigation, according to Wednesday filings in Florida federal court.

  8. August 08, 2017

    Ex-Chiquita Atty Looks To Dodge Claims Against Him In MDL

    A former Chiquita attorney asked a Florida federal court on Monday to dismiss him from a suit brought by relatives of murdered hostages who claim the company was complicit by routinely paying off a right-wing Colombian paramilitary group, saying he was the employee who actually alerted the company that Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia was a U.S.-designated foreign terrorist organization.

  9. June 09, 2017

    Atty Beats Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL

    A Florida federal judge has refused to impose confidentiality requirements on one attorney representing relatives of murdered hostages who allege that Chiquita Brands International Inc. paid off armed factions in Colombia, saying the identities of some unnamed plaintiffs, which the attorney disclosed to the fruit distributor, were not privileged.

  10. May 24, 2017

    Atty Hits Back At Muzzling Motion In Chiquita MDL

    An attorney accused of improperly copying Chiquita Brands International Inc. on privileged communications in a suit claiming the company paid off a paramilitary group responded to the allegations Wednesday in Florida federal court, saying the issue arises from his attempts to sort out duplicate claims and retainer agreements.