Tobias Bermudez Chavez, et al. v. Occidental Chemical Corporation

1:17-CV-03459-PAE
January 10, 2018
Provisional judgment
United States, New York

Farm/rural workers
Tobias Bermudez Chavez et al.
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Arbitration court
DBCP
In 1993, workers from several Central American countries poisoned by DBCP filed a complaint in the USA, then dismissed their claims. Other plaintiffs ask the New York Court not to consder their claims to be time-barred.
United States District Court, Southern District of New York of New York, United States

January 10, 2018
Positive
The Court decides that the plaintiffs' claims were long tolled and are timely today. It refers to the US Court of Appeals for the merits of the case.
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01.10.2018, NY Judge opens door to pesticide-injury suit filed out-of-state. In 1993, banana plantations workers from Costa Rica, Ecuador and Panama who were poisoned by the insecticide DBCP, filed a complaint in the USA, then dismissed their claims. Other workers that were not part of the initial case ask the New York Court to consider their claims still valid.