Patrickson v. Dole Food Company, Inc.
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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30700 18-NOV-2015 09:33 AM SCWC-30700 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I ________________________________________________________________ GERARDO DENNIS PATRICKSON; RODOLFO BERMUNDEZ ARIAS; BENIGNO TORRES HERNANDEZ; FERNANDO JIMENEZ ARIAS; MELGAR OLIMPIO MORENO; SANTOS LEANDROS; HERMAN ROMERO AGUILAR; ELIAS ESPINOZA MERELO; HOOKER ERA CELESTINO; ALIRIO MANUEL MENDEZ and CARLOS HUMBER RIVERA, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants, vs. DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC.; DOLE FRESH FRUIT COMPANY; DOLE FRESH FRUIT INTERNATIONAL, INC.; PINEAPPLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION OF HAWAII; AMVAC CHEMICAL CORPORATION; SHELL OIL COMPANY; DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY; and OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION, (individually and as successor to Occidental Chemical Company and Occidental Chemical Agricultural Products, Inc., Hooker Chemical and Plastics, Occidental Chemical Company of Texas and Best Fertilizer Company); STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY; STANDARD FRUIT AND STEAMSHIP COMPANY; STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY DE COSTA RICA, S.A.; STANDARD FRUIT COMPANY DE HONDURAS, S.A.; CHIQUITA BRANDS INC.; CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, INC., (individually and as successor in interest to United Brands Company, Inc.); MARITROP TRADING CORPORATION; DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE N.A., INC. (incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A.); DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE COMPANY; DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE (HAWAII) INC., (incorrectly named as Del Monte Fresh Produce Hawaii, Inc.); DEL MONTE FRESH PRODUCE COMPANY and FRESH DEL MONTE N.V., Respondents/Defendants-Appellees, and DOLE FOOD COMPANY, INC., Defendant/Third-Party PlaintiffAppellees, vs. DEAD SEA BROMINE CO., LTD and BROMINE COMPOUNDS LIMITED, Third-Party Defendants-Appellees. _______________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CASE NO. 30700; CIV. NO. 07-1-0047) ORDER OF CORRECTION (By: McKenna, J.) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Opinion of the Court, filed on October 21, 2015, is corrected as follows: 1. On page 24, line 17, the comma between “Ohio” and “2002” is deleted. 2. On page 30, line 13, “1995” is changed to “1997.” The Clerk of the Court is directed to take all necessary steps to notify the publishing agencies of these changes. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai i, November 18, 2015. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Associate Justice 2
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