Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola Co., No. 06-15851

In an action claiming that plaintiffs-trade union leaders' employers, two bottling companies, collaborated with Colombian paramilitary forces to murder and torture plaintiffs, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where defendants were not vicariously liable for the acts of plaintiffs' employers due to lack of day-to-day control over their operations.

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Appellate Information

Filed August 11, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Black