Patrickson v. Dole Food Company, Inc.

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: July 22, 2014
• Docket: SCWC-30700
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30700 22-JUL-2014 09:50 AM

SCWC-30700

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I _________________________________________________________________

GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON; RODOLFO BERMUNDEZ ARIAS;

BENIGNO TORRES HERNANDEZ; FERNANDO JIMENEZ ARIAS; MELGAR

OLIMPIO MORENO; SANTOS LEANDROS; HERMAN ROMERO AGUILAR; ELIAS

ESPINOZA MERELO; HOOKER ERA CELESTINO; ALIRIO MANUEL MENDEZ

and CARLOS HUMBER RIVERA, individually and on behalf of

others similarly situated, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.; DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY; DOLE FRESH

FRUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; PINEAPPLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF

HAWAII; AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION; SHELL OIL COMPANY; DOW

CHEMICAL COMPANY; and OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION,

(individually and as successor to Occidental Chemical Company and

Occidental Chemical Agricultural Products, Inc., Hooker Chemical

and Plastics, Occidental Chemical Company of Texas and Best

Fertilizer Company); STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY; STANDARD FRUIT AND

STEAMSHIP COMPANY; STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY DE COSTA RICA, S.A.;

STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY DE HONDURAS, S.A.; CHIQUITA BRANDS INC.;

CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC., (individually and as

successor in interest to United Brands Company, Inc.); MARITROP

TRADING CORPORATION; DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A., INC.

(incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.); DEL MONTE

FRESH PRODUCE COMPANY; DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE (HAWAII) INC.,

(incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawaii, Inc.); DEL

MONTE FRESH PRODUCE COMPANY and FRESH DEL MONTE N.V.,

Respondents/Defendants-Appellees,

and

JOHN DOES 1-10; JANE DOES 1-10; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-10;

and DOE CORPORATIONS 1-10, Defendants.

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-

Appellees, vs. DEAD SEA BROMINE CO., LTD and BROMINE COMPOUNDS

LIMITED, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

(ICA NO. 30700; CIV. NO. 07-1-0047)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI

(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants Gerardo Dennis

Patrickson; Rodolfo Bermundez Arias; Benigno Torres Hernandez;

Fernando Jimenez Arias; Melgar Olimpio Moreno; Santos Leandros;

Herman Romero Aguilar; Elias Espinoza Merelo; Hooker Era

Celestino; Alirio Manuel Mendez; and Carlos Humber Rivera,

individually and on behalf of others similarly situated’s

Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on June 9, 2014, is

hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The

parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding

scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, July 22, 2014. Sean M. Lyons and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Scott M. Hendler (admitted pro hac vice) /s/ Paula A. Nakayama for petitioners /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Sidney K. Ayabe, Calvin E. Young, and /s/ Richard W. Pollack Steven L. Goto, and Michael L. Brem /s/ Michael D. Wilson (admitted pro hac vice) for respondent The Dow Chemical Company

Melvyn M. Miyagi, Ross T. Shinyama, and Angela T. Thompson, and Andrea E. Neuman (admitted pro hac vice) for respondents Dole Food Company, Inc.; Dole Fresh Fruit Company; Standard Fruit Company; and Standard Fresh Fruit and Steamship Company