Ahumada v. Dow Chemical Co.

MAJORITY OPINION

LESLIE BROCK YATES, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment. Appellants are several hundred fishermen who claimed to have suffered damages from a toxic spill in the Bay of Cartagena, Colombia in 1989. Specifically, appellants complained that the toxic spill prevented them from fishing in the bay. Appellants sued Dow Chemical Company, alleging negligence and products liability. Dow Chemical filed a motion for summary judgment claiming appellants could not recover because a Colombian regulation banned fishing in the Bay at the time of the spill.1 In their response to…