Legal Opinion
Gregory Deck, as Administrator of the Estate of Jose Jesus Calderon, Deceased v. Peter Romein's Sons, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 24, 1997No. 96-2507PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
On October 26, 1990, Jose Jesus Calderon, a migrant farm worker, was killed in an automobile accident while traveling from one work site in rural St. Anne, Illinois to another. Gregory Deck, administrator of Calderon’s estate, brought suit against Peter Romein’s Sons, Inc. (“PRSI”), for whom Calderon had worked during the 1990 season, asserting survival and wrongful death claims under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (“AWPA” or “the Act”), 29 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. 1 While this action was pending in the district court, Congress amended the…
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