Organization

Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin

Vietnamese association that was lead plaintiff in the 2004 suit; it gives its own estimates of the people harmed.

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The Vietnamese Agent Orange lawsuit lead plaintiff, for a class it put at some four million Vietnamese Primary record 1 2

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In re "Agent Orange" Product Liability Litigation (Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co.), 04-CV-400, 373 F. Supp. 2d 7: Memorandum, Order and Judgment, dated 10 March 2005, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Judge Jack B. Weinstein), 10 Mar 2005. Primary record
VAVAO claims to represent a putative class of some four million Vietnamese nationals
VAVAO claims to represent a putative class of some four million Vietnamese nationals who contend they have been exposed to, and injured by, herbicides
It is contended that the acts of defendants adversely affecting plaintiffs constitute violations of the laws and customs of war, also known as war crimes
Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co., 517 F.3d 104 (2d Cir. 2008), No. 05-1953-cv, decided 22 February 2008, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 22 Feb 2008. Primary record Archived copy
rejected Defendants’ contentions and found in Plaintiffs’ favor on a number of issues
Plaintiffs sought money damages as well as injunctive relief in the form of environmental abatement, clean-up, and disgorgement of profits.

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