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Article: Migrant labor. (right to sue employers for State compensated industrial accidents) (Significant decisions in labor cases)
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- Monthly Labor Review
- Article date:
- July 1, 1990
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Migrant labor
Migrant agricultural workers injured at work may sue their employer for damages under Federal law even though they already have received benefits under State law, the Supreme Court has ruled in Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett. In reaching this conclusion, the Court rejected the argument that the Federal Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, a law enacted to protect the safety and health of migrant and seasonal farmworkers, allows States to limit farmworkers' remedies for on-the-job injuries to remedies that are provided under State workers' compensation laws.
The farmworkers in Adams Fruit had been injured in a traffic ...