Shell Oil, Others: Banana Workers’ Injury Claims Barred; Delaware Law Inapplicable

Mealey's (February 2, 2021, 1:58 PM EST) -- WILMINGTON, Del. — Shell Oil Co., Dow Chemical Co. and others on Jan. 29 filed a brief in Delaware federal court arguing that the claims of Ecuadorian banana plantation workers who contend they were injured by exposure to pesticides are barred based on a statute in Ecuadorean law and insist that the plaintiffs cannot use Delaware law to “sidestep” another jurisdiction’s time limits....