NY Ct. App. Resolves Illegal Alien Issue

The New York Court of Appeals ruled that an undocumented alien can recover lost wages from his employer. In Balbuena v. IDR Realty LLC, No. 19, 02/21/2006, the court consolidated two cases with conflicting opinions from the First and Second Appellate Divisions. Balbuena In Balbuena v. IDR Realty LLC, No. 09693, 12/28/2004, Gorgonio Balbuena, an undocumented alien working for Taman Management Corp., suffered severe head trauma while working on a construction site owned and managed by IDR Realty and Dora Wechler. Balbuena sued for common law negligence and Labor Law violations, seeking pas...