WASHINGTON — What do fresh garlic, crawfish meat, canned mushrooms and honey have in common? A $1 billion lawsuit by their domestic producers against major insurance companies for allegedly enabling the “dumping” of competing food products from China.
The domestic producers, represented by the Washington office of New York’s Kelley Drye & Warren and by Washington’s Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, filed the class action in the U.S. Court of International Trade, charging that the insurance companies posted “surety bonds” that allowed importers to bring in food products from China at below cost, or “dumped” prices, causing the domestic producers severe financial harm. The case is Sioux Honey Association v. Hartford , 09-00141.
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