Jan 3, 2011
Organic farm pesticide lawsuit decision upheld on appeal

Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, Inc. announced today that the California Court of Appeal, Sixth Appellate District affirmed a Superior Court ruling and jury verdict in Jacobs Farm/Del Cabo, Inc. v. Western Farm Service, Inc. The appellate decision supported the right of Jacobs Farm to sue pesticide applicator Western Farm Service for taking inadequate measures to prevent the post-application drift of organophosphate pesticides sprayed at a neighboring farm.

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