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U.S. Sugar controversies

Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.

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  1. 2021

    Judge allows contract and fraud claims against U.S. Sugar to proceed

    Ruling

    A Palm Beach County circuit judge ruled that breach-of-contract and related fraud claims brought by truckers can proceed against U.S. Sugar Corp. and Caloosa Transport LLP. The judge dismissed conspiracy counts and struck allegations that U.S. Sugar made misrepresentations to the U.S. Department of Labor.

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    • Therefore, Judge Jamie Goodman ruled on Oct. 8, the allegation is “irrelevant and immaterial” to the underlying fraud claim.
    • A lawsuit filed by South Florida truckers claiming U.S. Sugar and an affiliated partnership cheated them out of work by hiring foreign workers in their place is moving forward, but without some of its more serious allegations.
    • A Palm Beach County circuit judge has ruled the breach of contract and related fraud claims can go forward against U.S. Sugar Corp. and Caloosa Transport LLP, a trucking partnership managed by U.S. Sugar and in which it holds a 50 percent interest.
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  2. 2008

    Employee stock ownership plan valuation lawsuit

    Employees sued company leaders and related owners, alleging that employee stock ownership plan shares had not received the full value suggested by outside acquisition proposals.

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  3. 1998

    Class action following mechanized harvesting

    Workers displaced by the shift to mechanical cane harvesting brought a class action that ended with a payment of more than $5 million.

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  4. 1940

    Slavery-related charges

    Reference material states that U.S. Sugar was charged with violations involving slavery during the 1940s.

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