Estate of Arturo Giron Alvarez v. Rockefeller Foundation

  1. March 20, 2024

    4th Circ. Backs Rockefeller Group in Guatemalans' Syphilis Suit

    A group of Guatemalans who sued The Rockefeller Foundation over venereal disease experiments conducted on prisoners and psychiatric patients in the 1940s did not show an American doctor involved in the gruesome activities acted on behalf of the organization, a Fourth Circuit panel ruled Wednesday.

  2. December 07, 2023

    4th Circ. Doubts Link Between Rockefeller And Syphilis Tests

    The Fourth Circuit on Thursday lambasted the argument by Guatemalan citizens that the Rockefeller Foundation could be held liable for nonconsensual human venereal disease experiments in the 1940s, casting the citizens' evidence as strained and tenuous.

  3. December 04, 2023

    4th Circ. Preview: Oil Giants, Rockefeller Headline December

    The Fourth Circuit's December argument lineup will find the court considering climate science suits brought by Maryland municipalities against oil giants, while also reviewing a $4.6 million employment discrimination judgment against a hospital and a $1 billion lawsuit over the Rockefeller Foundation's alleged role in a medical experiment that infected Guatemalan people with syphilis decades ago.