Legal Opinion
Ramsford Barrett v. Adams Fruit Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 1989No. 88-3121PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:. This case requires us to determine whether the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act, Pub.L. No. 97-470, 96 Stat. 2584 (1983) (codified at 29 U.S.C. §§ 1801-1872), (“the Act”) preempts the exclusive remedy provision of Florida’s workers’ compensation laws, Fla.Stat.Ann. § 440.11 (West 1981). For the reasons set forth below we conclude that the private cause of action provision of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 1854, preempts the Florida statute. Therefore, the receipt of workers’ compensation benefits does not bar a private suit under the Act for actual or…
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