TORRES v. COSTICH

No. 92-CV-6450L.

935 F.Supp. 232 (1996)

Abelina Marquez TORRES and Fernando Guzman Marquez, Plaintiffs, v. Richard COSTICH and Costich Brothers, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. New York.

August 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter O'Brian Dellinger, Helen E. Reagan Wight, Farmworkers Legal Services of New York, Inc., Brian F. Curran, Rochester, NY, for plaintiffs.

Gerald L. Paley, Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Rochester, NY, for defendant.


DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs, the widow and son of Heberto Guzman Ortiz ("Guzman"), commenced this action on October 6, 1992, to recover damages for Guzman's death in an accident in 1992, while Guzman was working as a laborer on defendants' farm. Plaintiffs asserted a claim under Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act ("AWPA" or "the Act"), 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq.,...

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