[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]  [Register] 

Status: Not Logged In; Sign In

U.S. Poverty Myth EXPOSED! New Census Report Is Shocking Capitol Hill August layoffs soared to 15-year high, marking a 193% increase from July. NYPD Faces Uncertain Future Amid New York's Growing Political Crisis Whitney Webb: Foreign Intelligence Affiliated CTI League Poses Major National Security Risk Paul Joseph Watson: What Fresh Hell Is This? Watch: 50 Kids Loot 7-Eleven In Beverly Hills For Candy & Snacks "No Americans": Insider Of Alleged Trafficking Network Reveals How Migrants Ended Up At Charleroi, PA Factory Ford scraps its SUV electric vehicle; the US consumer decides what should be produced, not the Government The Doctor is In the House [Two and a half hours early?] Trump Walks Into Gun Store & The Owner Says This... His Reaction Gets Everyone Talking! Here’s How Explosive—and Short-Lived—Silver Spikes Have Been This Popeyes Fired All the Blacks And Hired ALL Latinos ‘He’s setting us up’: Jewish leaders express alarm at Trump’s blaming Jews if he loses Asia Not Nearly Gay Enough Yet, CNN Laments Undecided Black Voters In Georgia Deliver Brutal Responses on Harris (VIDEO) Biden-Harris Admin Sued For Records On Trans Surgeries On Minors Rasmussen Poll Numbers: Kamala's 'Bounce' Didn't Faze Trump Trump BREAKS Internet With Hysterical Ad TORCHING Kamala | 'She is For They/Them!' 45 Funny Cybertruck Memes So Good, Even Elon Might Crack A Smile Possible Trump Rally Attack - Serious Injuries Reported BULLETIN: ISRAEL IS ENTERING **** UKRAINE **** WAR ! Missile Defenses in Kiev ! ATF TO USE 2ND TRUMP ATTACK TO JUSTIFY NEW GUN CONTROL... An EMP Attack on the U.S. Power Grids and Critical National Infrastructure New York Residents Beg Trump to Come Back, Solve Out-of-Control Illegal Immigration Chicago Teachers Confess They Were told to Give Illegals Passing Grades Am I Racist? Reviewed by a BLACK MAN Ukraine and Israel Following the Same Playbook, But Uncle Sam Doesn't Want to Play "The Diddy indictment is PROTECTING the highest people in power" Ian Carroll The White House just held its first cabinet meeting in almost a year. Guess who was running it. The Democrats' War On America, Part One: What "Saving Our Democracy" Really Means

Immigration
See other Immigration Articles

Title: Lawsuit Settled -
Source: Blog
URL Source: [None]
Published: Jan 3, 2006
Author: Don't know
Post Date: 2006-01-03 17:47:59 by eyeswideoopen
Keywords: Lawsuit, Settled
Views: 35
Comments: 1

We finally won one -

This is the best news I've had all day.... I especially like this:

"The result: blood in the water that will attract the attention of America's shark-like plaintiff bar to the employers of illegal aliens. The Zirkle case is small, but the precedent it sets is huge."

http://p220.ezboard.com/f631politicsfrm16.showMessage?topicID=1295.topic

Post Comment   Private Reply   Ignore Thread  

#1. To: eyeswideoopen (#0)

here's the story in the Yakima Herald:

http://www.yakima-herald.com/page/dis/329979269647027

Zirkle settles job suit By LEAH BETH WARD YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC

William Zirkle has agreed to pay $1.3 million to settle a lawsuit accusing him and two other executives at the Selah-based fruit company of conspiring to hire thousands of illegal immigrants in order to keep wages low.

The executives admitted no wrongdoing in the settlement. The corporation, Zirkle Fruit, was not a defendant.

"Mr. Zirkle knows no one did anything wrong," Ryan Edgley, his lawyer, said Thursday. "Mr. Zirkle primarily wanted to put an end to the uncertainty."

The case was set for trial Jan. 9 before U.S. District Court Judge Fred Van Sickle.

Edgley said the defendants were concerned that even if they prevailed before a jury, the plaintiffs would appeal and the legal defense bills would continue to mount.

"Frankly my client's confidence in the system was shaken in this case," Edgley said.

Had Zirkle lost at trial, he and the other defendants, Gary Hudson and William Wangler, could have faced triple damages under the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO).

The case obtained class-action status in 2004, which increased the number of legal workers potentially eligible for damages to 20,000,

Chicago lawyer Howard Foster filed the case in 2000 using RICO in a novel way. Although Van Sickle dismissed the case in 2001, Foster won at the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2002.

Foster could not be reached for comment Thursday. But he told a local radio station that the settlement was unique among the types of immigration cases he has brought.

Foster, who writes occasionally for an anti-immigration Web journal called http://VDARE.com, is using RICO with mixed results. The U.S. Supreme Court could bring some certainty to the matter next year when it hears a case against Mohawk Industries. The Georgia carpet company is accused of hiring illegal workers and depressing the wages of legal workers.

Edgley said he wanted to go to trial and thinks the settlement will encourage Foster to sue more employers just to get them to settle.

"I was confident we were going to win," he said. "This only emboldens him to continue with what is really just a misuse of the system, in my opinion."

* Leah Beth Ward can be reached at 577-7626 or lward@yakimaherald.com.

********************

This is huge.. for so many companies are being forced to hire illegals in order to compete.. so now they have recourse ..

Zipporah  posted on  2006-01-03   17:54:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  

[Home]  [Headlines]  [Latest Articles]  [Latest Comments]  [Post]  [Sign-in]  [Mail]  [Setup]  [Help]  [Register]