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New York court allows undocumented worker's injury claim.

Publication: Trial
Publication Date: 01-FEB-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
A New York trial court has ruled that an undocumented immigrant who is injured on the job may sue for back wages and future lost earnings. (Celi v. 42nd St. Dev. Project, No. 3949/01, slip op. 51520(U) (N.Y., Kings County Sup. Ct. Nov. 9, 2004).)

Workers' rights advocates see the decision as limiting the reach of Hoffman Plastic Compounds, Inc. v. NRLB, in which the U.S. Supreme Court denied back pay to an undocumented worker...

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