Dole Food Company...announced the signing of a definitive settlement agreement with the Provost & Umphrey Law Firm...which...will bring to an end all of their lawsuits brought against Dole and Dole entities on behalf of foreign farm workers who claim injuries from alleged exposure more than 30 years ago to the agricultural chemical DBCP...Michael Carter, Dole's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary said: “Dole appreciates the commitment by Provost & Umphrey and their clients to resolving this long-standing dispute and looks forward to completing the full implementation of the settlement...” Carter added that: “This settlement is a business-based solution to this dispute, without any causal connection between DBCP and the plaintiffs’ allegations. It furthers Dole’s plan to find possible business-based solutions for all DBCP claims, even though there is no reliable scientific basis for alleged injuries from the agricultural field application of DBCP.”