[stopem]

""California law has expressly declared immigration status irrelevant to the issue of liability to pay compensation to an injured worker," the three-judge panel said in a unanimous ruling issued late Monday.

Pays to live in a socialist state.

[sgtbono2002]

I am agaisnt hiring illegal workers to start with . However you cannot allow a company to hire illegals and then claim they dont have to pay compensation because they are illegal.

IMO this company sucks. They hire illegals pay them low wages and then try to screw them if they are injured. Low life bastards should be prosecuted for hiring illegals to start with.

[mtbopfuyn]

Fine by me. However, upon reciept of the application, deport them post hast and fine the daylights out of the company.

[TCats]

Great. So the taxpayer and other legitimately operating businesses will pick up the tab for workers, paid in cash under the table, and for whom no Workers Comp/Employment Taxes have been paid by the employer of Illegals.

Just one more incentive for an employer to scam the system and hire Illegals.

[tomahawk]

This country is finished. It didn't matter which party held power.

[A-10]

1) Illegals are just that, illegal. Ship them back to mexico for treatment.
2) Jail any employer that knowingly hires illegals (Economic terrorists). Charge the company for the deportation, treatment of said illegal and run a thorough OSHA inspection. OH, and make sure the OSHA inspector is the one going through a nasty divorce and got cut off in traffic on the way to work, spilling hot coffee all over his lap.

[Lazamataz]

Undocumented workers who are hurt on the job are entitled to workers' compensation benefits, a state appeals court ruled.

Utter insanity.

[neutrino]

Well, this ruling should get us an extra 500,000 or so extra illegals annually.

I have a suggestion regarding the judges. However, due to FR rules, it's best I not post such material.

[P-Marlowe]

Now that the whole world knows that Rafael Rios is an illegal alien, does anyone think there is even the remotest possibility that he now will be deported?

[Rebelbase]

OK, we have documented evidence recorded in the Court that businesses hired illegal aliens who ended up getting hurt on the job. Why won't the Government prosecute and fine these businesses for hiring illegals?

[Buffettfan]

I think I will go to all of the local worksites here in FL and put up a flyer stating that CA courts have ruled that illegal aliens can now collect workers compensation. Maybe with any luck we will have a mass exodus here. The taxpayers of CA will soon find how how much money in fraudulant claims that they can add to their monthly "illegal alien bill". Looks like alot of hard working tax paying CA residents will be looking for a second job just to subsidize people who have no business being in this country.

[azhenfud]

Good. It's about time felon employers ante up the costs they are responsible for helping illegals inflicting. Walmart's having been sued for OT & back wages, now this - maybe the liberal courts can be used for some good. Now, if they'll swing around and prosecute the employer on applicable felony charges we'll be making further progress.

[AlbertWang]

A company pays into Workers Comp based upon the claims made against it, this is why the coffee company fought this guy's claims.

Therefore, it isn't all bad that IA's can collect Work Comp, because now the company has lost one economic incentive to hire the undocumented worker.

[Puppage]

Undocumented workers....

They are ILLEGAL ALIENS. Undocumented workers assumes that they're all here to work, they are not.

[LS]

Earlier this year I argued that THE issue of 2008 would be a triumvirate of illegal immigration/judicial activism/and terrorism, all related. This falls in line completely with that thesis. Here are judges giving illegals workers' comp. The people will pass a law prohibiting this, and the judges will overrule.

At some point, I think that a judge will somehow restrict either Homeland Security or the Border Patrol and that in some way that's going to allow in a terrorist with a dirty bomb. Literally, all hell will break loose.

The only candidates with a hope of winning in 2008 are those who are on the right side of the illegals debate, but this will also touch on judges who rule the right way.

[R.W.Ratikal]

But this is in California where one expects the irrational from state government.

President Bush and his administration has now come around to admit that we have an immigration invasion crisis. He has said he will deport all illegal aliens and stop them from coming across the borders.

Government estimates that there are 11 million illegal aliens in the U. S. A more accurate estimate puts the figure at around 28 million. And this figure multiplies by the minute with one of the highest birth rates in the world. Let six illegal aliens go into a Wal-Mart and eight come out.

Illegal aliens are found in every city, town, and village in America. Only citizen groups can root them out and turn them over to authorities.

If you still have doubts about the negative effects of multiculturalism, look at England, Germany and France.

I'll award a silver star to anyone who can name a single country in the world, anytime in history, who has benefited from a mixed culture.

[HiJinx]

IIRC, this isn't the first court to say this. I believe the last time something like this was posted on FR was 3 or 4 months ago and it seems to me that the court was in the SE US.

Anyone else recall?

[brytlea]

Can someone remind me, exactly what is the advantage for being a citizen of the US?
susie

[Iron Matron]

The plaintiff in the case, Rafael Ruiz, 35, claimed he injured his shoulders, back, neck and hands by repeatedly lifting heavy sacks of coffee beans, according to his attorney's case file

Of last THREE Mexicans my company hired: One worked three weeks before "twisting his ankle" (no one saw the incident)..he has now been on workers comp for ONE YEAR.

The second worked TWO DAYS before "smashing his finger", he did not see a doctor as ordered..but claimed his finger "will never be the same"..he is now drawing workers comp until the matter is settled.

The third one has called in every other day now because his "back hurts"..the claim is not far away.

Yet..my employer still thinks Mexicans apply here to WORK.