Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin

Vietnamese Agent Orange victims file a lawsuit against U.S. chemical companies

📅 30 January 2004

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin and individual plaintiffs filed suit in federal court in Brooklyn. They sought accountability for harms they linked to wartime herbicides....

Vietnamese Agent Orange plaintiffs appeal the dismissal of their case

📅 30 September 2005

The plaintiffs submitted an appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Their action continued a campaign for legal recognition and accountability after the district court dismissal. The appeal...

U.S. appeals court affirms dismissal of Vietnamese Agent Orange claims

📅 22 February 2008

The Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of claims by Vietnamese plaintiffs against chemical manufacturers. The decision treated wartime herbicide use through doctrines of U.S. law...