Domingo Roman v. Sunny Slope Farms, Inc.

WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

The appellant-plaintiff, a migrant farm-worker, was injured on the job and brought this action with claims under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (AWPA), 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq., and state common-law for battery and fraud. The plaintiff claims his injuries arose from being sprayed by pesticides while working in the defendant’s fields. The district court dismissed the complaint because it found that South Carolina’s Workers’ Compensation Law, S.C.Code Ann. § 42-1-10 et seq. provided the exclusive remedy for all of plaintiff's claims. We affirm.