A federal judge held that 826 Colombian plaintiffs suing Chiquita Brands International over alleged support for paramilitary terrorists did not waive the forum-defendant rule and that the company failed to establish CAFA jurisdiction, ordering remand to New...
A New Jersey federal court has rejected Chiquita Brands International's bid to keep in federal court twelve state-law suits brought by 826 Colombian plaintiffs who allege the banana company funded, armed, and otherwise supported terrorist organizations...
The Eastern District of Michigan has denied a motion to sever claims in a multi-year, statewide class action involving defective General Motors valve-train systems, keeping the litigation involving Active Fuel Management and Dynamic Fuel Management engines...