A Delaware judge says insurers may be on the hook for $190 million to settle two lawsuits stemming from a 2013 buyout in which Dole Food chairman and CEO David Murdock took the company private.
In a ruling late last week, the judge said Delaware law allows a company to insure officers and directors from any liability – including for fraudulent acts.
In 2015, another Delaware judge ordered Murdock and former Dole president and chief operating officer C. Michael Carter to pay $148 million for misleading directors and shareholders in the $1.2 billion buyout, saying the men had acted in bad faith and engaged in fraud. A settlement reduced that amount to about $116 million.
Last year, Dole, Murdock and Carter agreed to settle a federal lawsuit for $74 million.
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