Patrickson v. Dole Food Company, Inc.

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: February 17, 2026
• Docket: SCWC-22-0000687
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 17-FEB-2026 08:32 AM Dkt. 16 OGAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON; BENIGNO TORRES HERNANDEZ; FERNANDO JIMENEZ ARIAS; ELIAS ESPINOSA MERELO; ALIRIO MANUEL MENDEZ; and CARLOS HUMBERTO RIVERA, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY and DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A., INC., Petitioners/Defendants-Appellees,

and

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.; DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY; SHELL OIL COMPANY; 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; DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE (HAWAI‘I), INC. (previously incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawai‘i, Inc.), Respondents/Defendants-Appellees,

DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., Respondent/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee,

DEAD SEA BROMINE CO., LTD. and BROMINE COMPOUNDS, LIMITED, Respondents/Third-Party Defendants-Appellees. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CC071000047)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Tomasa, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioners The Dow Chemical Company and Del Monte

Fresh Produce N.A., Inc.’s Application for Writ of Certiorari,

filed on December 24, 2025, is hereby accepted and will be

scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by

the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 17, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Taryn R. Tomasa