Jury awards $200,000 to illegal immigrant He said he worked years without pay

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | December 20, 2003 | Bob Egelko

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More than a year after the U.S. Supreme Court restricted damages for illegal immigrants who are mistreated at work, a San Francisco federal jury has reminded employers that abuse can still be expensive even if the victim is undocumented.

The jury awarded $200,000 this week to an illegal immigrant from India, who said his uncle employed him in East Bay gas stations for nearly three years, 12 hours a day, seven days a week without pay, and then fired him when he asked for money. A few hours after agreeing to settle his nephew's wage claim, the uncle reported him to immigration authorities.

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a San Francisco federal jury

That's all I had to read.

[MinuteGal]

Lock the uncle up in Singh Singh.

Leni

[lainde]

bttt Great news...We need MORE of these cases! If illegals can sue for benefits and perceived wrongs then employers will think twice about hiring them instead of Americans. That takes care of the Republican big business profit motive...The Dems are after the illegal votes. That one is tougher in states like Kalifornia where you don't have to show any kind of ID to vote.

[csvset]

his uncle employed him in East Bay gas stations for nearly three years, 12 hours a day, seven days a week...

I was like a zombie...

[USF]

Singh filed a wage claim with the state, won $70,000, and agreed with his uncle on a $40,000 settlement in May 2001... Singh, who also collected his $40,000 wage settlement while in jail, said through a Punjabi interpreter Friday that he hopes to use the money to pay medical bills and "try to make my life a little easier now.''

When he's done with the IRS...

[Iris7]

Sounds like the 9th Circuit.

[waterstraat]

This guy shouldnt get anything, he should be deported. The uncle should be fined 200,000 though.

[Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek]

Deport the uncle, and hand his assets over to the nephew. That would be a satisfying end to this case.

[RWG]

Now the illegal can pay taxes.

[4Freedom]

Deport them all and hand the assets over to the U.S. Taxpayers.

Now, "that would be a satisfying end to this case."

[martin_fierro]

The jury awarded $200,000 this week to an illegal immigrant from India, who said his uncle employed him in East Bay gas stations for nearly three years, 12 hours a day, seven days a week without pay

(12 x 365) x 3 = 13,140 hours

$200,000 / 13,140 = $15.22/hour

[Dallas59]

Agreed.

[John Beresford Tipton]

[Saundra Duffy]

Just another reason to crack down on illegal immigration. (Duh!)

[gubamyster]

ping

[Dante3]

It is my understanding that if you do something illegal you cannot collect for it -- you have to have "clean hands." This case should never have gone to court.

[junta]

Thank god for unlimited immigration, where we can now "progress" to Indian cultural standards of nepotism and corruption.

[texastoo]

It is my understanding that if you do something illegal you cannot collect for it--you have to have "clean hands." This case should never have gone to court.

Your understanding is correct for Americans. However, illegals are "Special".