Court Won't Dismiss Complaint Over Legality of Denying Benefits for Undocumented Workers

A Michigan trial court denied the state’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging workers’ compensation regulators are illegally and unconstitutionally denying benefits for occupational injuries based solely on the immigration status of the injured workers. The Michigan Immigrant Rights Center in November filed a lawsuit challenging a 2003 state appellate court decision in Sanchez v. Eagle Alloy. The Court of Appeals concluded that a state law declaring employers are not liable for benefits during periods when a person is not able to find work because of the commission of a crime app...