PATRICKSON v. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.

Gerardo Dennis PATRICKSON; Rodolfo Bermudez Arias; Benigno Torres Hernandez; Fernando Jimenez Arias; Melgar Olimpio Moreno; Leandro Santos; Herman Romero Aguilar; Elias Espinoza Merelo; Celestino Hooker Era; 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. DOLE Food Company, Inc., Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellees, v. Dead Sea Bromine Co., Ltd. and Bromine Compounds Limited, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees.