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Article: $12.3 Million Verdict Against World's Largest Chemical Company, DuPont, Won by Krupnick Campbell Malone Roselli, of Fort Lauderdale on Behalf of Ecuadorian Shrimp Business, Aquamar, S.A.
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- February 28, 2001
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Business, Legal & Environmental Editors
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2001
An Ecuadorian shrimp farming enterprise, Aquamar, S.A., won a $12.3 million verdict in a five-week trial against chemical maker DuPont (NYSE:DD) that alleged that the DuPont fungicide Benlate(R) alone and with other fungicides used in combination negligently impacted the shrimp production in Ecuador. The plaintiff claimed the fungicides used on the banana plantations in Ecuador ran off into the shrimp farm and poisoned them, thus reducing the shrimp harvest.
Allegations were that DuPont Benlate(R) and its breakdown products alone and other fungicides ...