Legal Opinion
Green Leaf Nursery v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 15, 2003No. 01-13345, 01-15693PublishedCited by 174 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUBINA, Circuit Judge:
In the early 1990’s, plant growers throughout the country filed hundreds of lawsuits against E.I. DuPont De Nemours and Company (“DuPont”) alleging fraud and products liability relating to the DuPont fungicide Benlate. In 1992, Green Leaf Nursery, Inc., a Florida plant nursery, and its owner (“Plaintiffs”) brought such a suit against DuPont in Florida state court (the “Underlying Litigation”). In May 1994, notwithstanding ongoing accusations of discovery fraud and litigation misconduct in Plaintiffs’ own case and in other Benlate cases throughout the country, which…
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