Legal Opinion
Torres v. Costich
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided August 22, 1996No. 6:92-cv-06450PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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., and a claim under New York law for wrongful death.
The parties entered into a stipulation of settlement that was executed on October 16, 1995. On October 23, 1995, I signed an order…
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