Legal Opinion
Torres v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-1066, 99-1102PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Appellants Angel Luis Torres and Agro-Industrias de Comerio sued E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Company for producing a fungicide that, due to contamination or other defect, allegedly destroyed appellants’ papaya crops in 1988. DuPont moved for summary judgment on the basis that the suit was barred both by judicial estoppel and the applicable statute of limitations. The district court granted the judicial estoppel motion only as to Agro-Industrias de Comerio but granted summary judgment as to both appellants on the statute of limitations ground. See Torres v. E.I. DuPont de…
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