(October 5, 2015, 10:40 AM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 22 agreed to rehear en banc the claim of banana plantation workers who contend that they have suffered injuries as a result of exposure to pesticides, which a Third Circuit panel previously dismissed (Tobias Bermudez Chavez v. Dole Food Company Inc., No. 13-4144 [consolidated], 3rd Cir.).

Allegations

Tobias Bermudez Chavez sued Dole Food Co. Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 2012, alleging that he had been injured by "misuse...