Griffin Land & Nurseries, Inc. on behalf of its subsidiary, Imperial Nurseries, issued the following statement as related to a lawsuit...over alleged exploitation of subcontracted labor... Monte B. Lake, attorney for Imperial Nurseries and its corporate parent, said: "Griffin Land & Nurseries and Imperial Nurseries have always tried to be good corporate citizens... In June 2006, the U.S. Department of Labor investigated human trafficking allegations involving workers engaged by Pro Tree Forestry Services, an independent labor contractor that Imperial Nurseries had retained... Imperial Nurseries cooperated fully with Department of Labor representatives... The DOL later advised Imperial that they...found no basis for the human trafficking allegations...[but] that it determined that certain employees of Pro Tree Forestry Services were not being paid the legally required wage... As a result of the DOL investigation, Imperial terminated its contract with Pro Tree... Griffin and Imperial are confident that the allegations will be found to be without merit..."