Legal Opinion
Perez-Farias v. Global Horizons, Inc.
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 27, 2012No. 86793-3PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtC. Johnson, J.
¶1 These three certified questions from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals concern application of the farm labor contractors act (FLCA), chapter 19.30 RCW. *521The primary question asks whether a trial court, if awarding statutory damages under the civil remedies provision of the FLCA, RCW 19.30.170(2), must award $500 per plaintiff per violation. We answer this question in the affirmative. The second question asks whether requiring a trial court to award $500 per plaintiff per violation violates due process or public policy. Regarding this question, we answer in the negative and expressly limit…
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