The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today dismissed an appeal brought by more than three million plaintiffs who suffered from exposure to Agent Orange and other chemicals during the Vietnam War. The plaintiffs had filed a class action lawsuit against dozens of US chemical companies claiming they had committed war crimes by making the products which were later used on humans.
In 2005, a federal judge dismissed the lawsuit ruling that Agent Orange was used to protect US troops from ambush and not as weapon against people. The Court of Appeals affirmed this ruling.
The case is Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin v. Dow Chemical Co., # 05-1953-cv.
Sources: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/fn/5562863.html
