▁sue ▁Dow ▁if ▁it ▁stopped ▁D BC P ▁ship ments . ▁Dow ▁then ▁sh ipped ▁half ▁a ▁million ▁gall ons ▁of ▁D BC P ▁to ▁D ole , ▁much ▁of ▁it ▁rec laimed ▁from ▁other ▁users . ▁Plant ation ▁workers ▁who ▁became ▁ster ile ▁or ▁were ▁str icken ▁with ▁other ▁mal ad ies ▁subsequently ▁su ed ▁Dow ▁and ▁D ole ▁in ▁Nic ar agu an ▁courts , ▁alleg ing ▁that ▁their ▁a il ments ▁were ▁caused ▁by ▁D BC P ▁expos ure . ▁Under ▁a ▁special ▁law ▁that ▁was ▁passed ▁specifically ▁for ▁D BC P ▁lit ig ation , ▁the ▁Nic ar agu an ▁courts ▁ruled ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁pla int iffs ▁and ▁awarded ▁them ▁over ▁US $ 6 0 0 ▁million ▁in ▁dam ages . ▁When ▁pla int iff ▁law y ers ▁tried ▁to ▁en force ▁one ▁of ▁those ▁jud g ments ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States , ▁the ▁U . S . ▁District ▁Court ▁in ▁Florida ▁held ▁that ▁" the ▁cred ible ▁and ▁un ref uted ▁medical ▁testim ony ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁is ▁that ▁it ▁is ▁fact ually ▁impossible ▁for ▁what ▁is ▁represented ▁in ▁the ▁Jud gment ▁to ▁have ▁occurred ," ▁and ▁that ▁due ▁process ▁" do [ es ] ▁not ▁permit ▁award ing ▁dam ages ▁in ▁the ▁face ▁of ▁clear ▁scientific ▁evidence ▁of ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁caus ation ," ▁or , ▁as ▁in ▁this ▁case , ▁" with ▁proof ▁that ▁[ the ▁defend ants ] ▁are ▁not ▁at ▁fault ." ▁ ▁A ▁group ▁of ▁workers ▁then ▁file d ▁law su