California Court of Appeal
Farmers Brothers Coffee v. Workers' Comp. Appeals Bd., B180839
Labor Code section 1171.5, which provides that immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability under state labor and employment laws, is not precluded by the Immigration Reform and Control Act.
Appellate Information
- Decided 10/17/2005
- Published 10/17/2005
Judges
- HASTINGS, J.
Court
- California Court of Appeal
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Law Offices of Dennis J. Hershewe and Dennis J. Hershewe for Petitioner.
- For Appellees:
- No appearance for Respondent Workers' Compensation Appeals Board., Law Offices of William W. Tiffany and G. Martin Jacobs for Respondent Rafael Ruiz., Remcho, Johansen & Purcell, James C. Harrison, Margaret R. Prinzing and Kari Krogseng, San Francisco, for California Applicant Attorney's Association as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondents.