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Article

6 Mar 2013

Author:
Gavin Broady, Law360 [USA]

DynCorp Dodges Ecuadoreans' Chemical-Exposure Suit [USA] [subscription only]

Government contractor DynCorp International Inc. has escaped a suit over injuries purportedly caused by anti-narcotic herbicides sprayed at the Colombia-Ecuador border, after a Washington, D.C., judge determined the plaintiffs could not establish causation, according to an opinion unsealed Tuesday. Judge Richard W. Roberts determined that the plaintiffs — approximately 2,000 Ecuadoreans bringing negligence and tort claims for acute and chronic injuries related to herbicide exposure — failed to establish the reliability of key expert witness Dr. Michael Wolfson…

Part of the following timelines

US court rules in favour of DynCorp in aerial spraying lawsuit brought by Ecuadorians alleging injury from chemical exposure

DynCorp lawsuit (re Colombia & Ecuador)

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