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Secrecy and justice in the ongoing saga of DBCP litigation.

机译：正在进行的DBCP诉讼中的保密和正义。

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Since the 1980s, banana workers from Central America and elsewhere have filed cases in the United States for sterility damages caused by exposure to the nematicide dibromochloropropane (DBCP) used during the1960s and 1970s. These plaintiffs' efforts at holding fruit and chemical corporations accountable have been met with numerous obstacles. Many cases have been dismissed on the grounds that they would "more conveniently" be tried elsewhere, despite the fact that significant barriers exist to bringing such cases in many of these workers' home countries. Using this strategy, defendants including Dole Food, Chiquita, Dow and Shell Chemical have been mostly successful in avoiding any penalty for their part in exposing banana workers to DBCP without adequate protection or information. In fact, although a few cases have settled, the first DBCP case did not reach the trial stage until 2007. In that case, the damages awarded to the six Nicaraguan banana workers were $5 million, an amount later reduced to $2·3 million. In 2010, Dole successfully sought to dismiss not only that case, but other cases brought by Nicaraguan plaintiffs. The company claimed that there was evidence of widespread fraud among Nicaraguan plaintiffs, attorneys, and judges, as well as lawyers based in the US. However, many of those accused of fraud did not have a chance to respond to those allegations or cross-examine their accusers. In addition, allegations of fraudulent behavior on the part defendants suggest that the story is more complicated. Instead of dismissing these cases - a defacto victory for the defendant - US courts should move forward with deciding these cases on their own merits; leaving juries to determine the veracity of plaintiffs and defendants' claims.
机译：自1980年代以来，中美洲和其他地区的香蕉工人在美国提起诉讼，要求赔偿因1960年代和1970年代使用的杀线虫剂二溴氯丙烷（DBCP）引起的不育损害。这些原告对水果和化学公司追究责任的努力遇到了许多障碍。许多案件被驳回，理由是它们将“更方便地”在其他地方进行审判，尽管事实是，在这些工人的许多原籍国提起此类案件存在重大障碍。使用这种策略，包括Dole Food，Chiquita，Dow和Shell Chemical在内的被告在避免对香蕉工人进行DBCP保护方面没有得到任何适当保护或信息的情况下，大部分成功地避免了任何惩罚。实际上，尽管一些案件已经解决，但第一起DBCP案件直到2007年才进入审判阶段。在该案中，判给尼加拉瓜6名香蕉工人的赔偿金为500万美元，后来减少为2·300万美元。 2010年，Dole成功地寻求不仅驳回该案，而且还希望驳回尼加拉瓜原告提起的其他案件。该公司声称，有证据表明尼加拉瓜原告，律师和法官以及美国律师普遍存在欺诈行为。但是，许多被指控欺诈的人没有机会回应这些指控或对他们的指控者进行盘问。此外，部分被告有欺诈行为的指控表明，这个故事更为复杂。美国法院不应该驳回这些案件（事实是被告事实上胜诉），而应继续根据自己的情况来决定这些案件。由陪审团确定原告和被告的要求的真实性。

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