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Wash. court: Illegal worker status inadmissible
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2010/04/16 05:55
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| pThe Washington state Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a man's undocumented immigrant status in the U.S. should not have been introduced in a trial while the man sought damages in a negligence lawsuit against a construction contractor./ppIn a 7-2 ruling, the state's high court reversed a state Court of Appeals decision to uphold a jury verdict against Alex Salas./ppThe question before the court revolved around the issue of whether Salas' immigration status affects his claim for future wages, given that he is illegally in the country./ppThe jury found the construction contractor had been negligent but did not award any monetary damages to him./ppI knew justice wasn't being done, said Salas' attorney Robert B. Kornfeld. Here you have someone who violates (workers' safety) and they get away with it, because this guy was undocumented? That wasn't right./ppA Mexican native, Salas was working on a construction project in Seattle in 2002 when he fell from a ladder provided by Hi-Tech Erectors./p |
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