Opinion
SCWC-30700
07-22-2014
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, v. 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, v. DEAD SEA BROMINE CO., LTD and BROMINE COMPOUNDS LIMITED, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.
Sean M. Lyons and Scott M. Hendler (admitted pro hac vice) for petitioners Sidney K. Ayabe, Calvin E. Young, and Steven L. Goto, and Michael L. Brem (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
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
Scott M. Hendler
(admitted pro hac vice)
for petitioners
Sidney K. Ayabe,
Calvin E. Young, and
Steven L. Goto, and
Michael L. Brem
(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
Mark E. Recktenwald
Paula A. Nakayama
Sabrina S. McKenna
Richard W. Pollack
Michael D. Wilson