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Jury awards $200,000 to illegal immigrant
He said he worked years without pay
San Francisco Chronicle ^
| December 20, 2003
| Bob Egelko
Posted on 12/21/2003 3:42:02 AM PST by sarcasm
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:45:16 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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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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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Indiana
KEYWORDS: aliens; apu; immigrantlist
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posted on
12/21/2003 3:42:04 AM PST
by
sarcasm
To: sarcasm
a San Francisco federal jury That's all I had to read.
2
posted on
12/21/2003 3:52:02 AM PST
by
ovrtaxt
( http://www.fairtax.org ** God may not be a Republican, but Satan is definitely a Democrat!)
To: sarcasm
Lock the uncle up in Singh Singh.
Leni
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posted on
12/21/2003 3:53:13 AM PST
by
MinuteGal
(Florida Freepers! Go to Fla. chapter forum for important announcements on chapter re-organization!)
To: sarcasm
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.
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posted on
12/21/2003 3:53:14 AM PST
by
lainde
To: sarcasm
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...
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posted on
12/21/2003 3:59:23 AM PST
by
csvset
To: sarcasm
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...
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posted on
12/21/2003 4:13:44 AM PST
by
USF
Comment #7 Removed by Moderator
To: ovrtaxt
Sounds like the 9th Circuit.
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:05:25 AM PST
by
Iris7
("Duty, Honor, Country". The first of these is Duty, and is known only through His Grace)
To: sarcasm
This guy shouldnt get anything, he should be deported. The uncle should be fined 200,000 though.
To: sarcasm
Deport the uncle, and hand his assets over to the nephew. That would be a satisfying end to this case.
To: sarcasm
Now the illegal can pay taxes.
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:31:05 AM PST
by
RWG
To: Blue_Ridge_Mtn_Geek
Deport them all and hand the assets over to the
U.S. Taxpayers. Now, "that would be a satisfying end to this case."
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:40:37 AM PST
by
4Freedom
(America is no longer the 'Land of Opportunity', it's the 'Land of Illegal Alien Opportunists'!!!)
To: sarcasm
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
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posted on
12/21/2003 5:59:49 AM PST
by
martin_fierro
(Lord of the Pings)
To: lainde
Agreed.
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:04:38 AM PST
by
Dallas59
To: sarcasm
To: sarcasm
Just another reason to crack down on illegal immigration. (Duh!)
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posted on
12/21/2003 6:19:29 AM PST
by
Saundra Duffy
(For victory & freedom!!!)
To: *immigrant_list; A Navy Vet; Lion Den Dan; Free the USA; Libertarianize the GOP; madfly; B4Ranch; ..
ping
To: sarcasm
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.
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posted on
12/23/2003 8:59:44 AM PST
by
Dante3
To: sarcasm
Thank god for unlimited immigration, where we can now "progress" to Indian cultural standards of nepotism and corruption.
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posted on
12/23/2003 9:32:05 AM PST
by
junta
To: 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.Your understanding is correct for Americans. However, illegals are "Special".
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posted on
12/23/2003 1:08:48 PM PST
by
texastoo
((go California go. Tell it like it is))
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