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VASQUEZ v. GLASSBORO SERVICE ASS'N, INC.

83 N.J. 86 (1980)

415 A.2d 1156

NATIVIDAD VASQUEZ, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. GLASSBORO SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC., A NEW JERSEY CORPORATION; JOSEPH GAROFALO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS MANAGER OF THE GLASSBORO SERVICE ASSOCIATION; JOHN L. CARUSO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY OF ASSISTANT MANAGER OF THE GLASSBORO SERVICE ASSOCIATION, DEFENDANTS-APPELLANTS.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided June 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick A. Jacob argued the cause for appellants (Lipman, Antonelli, Batt and Dunlap, attorneys).

Michael S. Berger, Farm Workers Rights Project, Civil Liberties Education and Action Fund of American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey, argued the cause for the respondent.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by POLLOCK, J.

The primary issue is whether a farm labor service that employs migrant farmworkers from Puerto Rico and provides them with living quarters must dispossess a worker, not by self-help, but in a judicial proceeding after terminating his employment.

Natividad Vasquez, a Puerto Rican farmworker, instituted this action after he was dispossessed without notice following the termination of his employment by Glassboro...

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