Legal Opinion
Zuniga v. Masse Contracting, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 20, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NOS: 16–13909; c/w 16–13975PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
JANE TRICHE MILAZZO, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Before the Court is Defendants' Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 28). For the following reasons, the Motion is GRANTED IN PART.
BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs Luis-Alberto Zeron Zuniga and Ubence Meza-Orellana allege that they were recruited by Defendant Four Star Enterprises, LLC in Honduras under a visa program to be welders in the United States. After paying for the visa and arriving in the United States, however, Plaintiffs allege that they were trafficked to Defendant Masse Contracting, Inc. ("Masse") to work as general laborers. They allege that they were…
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