Posted on 12/31/2005 3:51:09 PM PST by DumpsterDiver
Zirkle has capitulated on the eve of trial, paying $1.3 million that will be distributed to 20,000 legally-resident workers (actually court documents suggest it will be 5,000 at the most) and, vitally, to their lawyers.
Zirkle's legal workers will get about an additional dollar for every hour they worked, compensation for the wage depression caused by competition from illegal aliens. The plaintiff lawyers, notably the heroic Chicago-based Howard Foster, will get a third or more of the total award in contingent fees and expenses.
The result: blood in the water that will attract the attention of America's shark-like plaintiff bar to the employers of illegal aliens. The Zirkle case is small, but the precedent it sets is huge. And Ed Rubenstein has shown that, while illegal aliens are not the pillar of the economy that is sometimes claimed, they may receive as much as one percent of GDP in wages - over $100 billion. If that came out of American workers' pockets, putting it back could earn trial lawyers over $30 billion in contingent fees and expenses.
I am delighted to see this bunch of thugs and bandits descend on the corporate crooks who employ illegal aliens at the expense of Americans. I think they deserve each other.
ping
A victory for our side.
BTTT
Tip of the iceberg.
Well, kind of.
I would much rather see the government enforcing the law, rather than lawyers whose approach has a lot in common with pirates and bandits. They will sue anyone who has a lot of money if they think they can win.
Don'tcha know, them shysters are just doing the work Republicans won't do . .
So would I, but they've been dodging that responsibilty for over 25 years.
... rather than lawyers whose approach has a lot in common with pirates and bandits.
Kind of like the government.
They will sue anyone who has a lot of money if they think they can win.
Politicians will take lots of money from employers of illegal aliens to help them win elections.
Badda Bing!
"Frankly my client's confidence in the system was shaken in this case," Edgley said.
Lovely. Mine (confidence in the system) has been restored.
This use to be a nice town.
Zirkle is a big employer,but I'm glad they got nailed.
We need more of this.
It would be nice to stop at the AMPM in the morning for a cup of coffee and not have to wade through 20 illegals.
Our schools are now over 50% hispanic.
ROFLMAO. Excellent!
bump for publicity
Money means nothing to these traitors. If a corporation knowingly hires illegal aliens, the top brass does a year of hard time for each occurence. It would stop real quick.
I have a college buddy who lives in Mt. Hood, OR. When I visit him, if it's over a weekend, I have to attend Mass in Hood River. The church is crowded with Mexicans, most of whom are probably illegal. At least they still go to Mass, but I wish they'd do it in Mexico.
ping
Should be jail time.
Rich people have more than us, but not more time.
A fine doesn't hurt them. Jail time does.
Wasn't he the nerdy kid on Family Matters?
Nope, that was Steve Urkel.
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