Boies Schiller & Flexner Files Billion Dollar Lawsuit Against Chiquita Brands International, Inc

April 14, 2010

BS&F filed a complaint on April 14, 2010, against Chiquita Brands International, Inc. on behalf of 242 victims of terrorist acts in Colombia. The acts were committed by a foreign terrorist organization, United Self-Defense Groups of Colombia (Autodefensorias Unidas de Colombia or “AUC”) to which Chiquita made regular financial payments over a number of years. The complaint, filed in US District Court in the Southern District of Florida, seeks in excess of $1 billion in compensatory damages and unspecified punitive damages.

Please follow the below links for media coverage of this case.

Am Law Daily, April 15, 2010
Boies Gets Ready for Banana Battle
http://amlawdaily.typepad.com/amlawdaily/2010/04/bananabattle...

Fruitnet, April 15, 2010
New lawsuit taken against Chiquita
http://www.fruitnet.com/content.aspx?ttid=11&cid=6510

Jurist [University of Pittsburgh School of Law Publication], April 15, 2010
Chiquita sued in US court for aiding Colombian terrorists
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2010/04/chiquita-sued-i...

AmLaw Litigation Daily, April 14, 2010
What's the Latest Plaintiffs Firm to Join the Alien Tort Statute Litigation Against Chiquita? Let's Just Say They're Risk-Takers
http://www.law.com/jsp/tal/digestTAL.jsp?id=1202448080164&src...

Reuters, April 14, 2010
Chiquita faces new lawsuit, $1 bln damages sought
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1418648520100414?type=mar...

Bloomberg, April 14, 2010
Chiquita Faces New Claims Over Colombia Terrorism
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-14/chiquita-faces-ne...