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RODRIGUEZ BY RODRIGUEZ v. BERRYBROOK FARMS, INC.

No. K86-161.

672 F.Supp. 1009 (1987)

Albert RODRIGUEZ (by his next friend Manuel RODRIGUEZ), Armando Rodriguez (by his next friend Manuel Rodriguez), Abram Rodriguez, Alfonso Rodriguez, Concepcion Lozano, Abel Castillo, Porfirio Garcia, Jaime Garcia (by his next friend Porfirio Garcia), Jose Garcia, Elizabeth Garcia, Joseph Laulom, Eulalio Nunez, Sr., Leanor Nunez, Graciela Nunez, Alfredo Nunez, Eulalio Nunez, Jr. (by his next friend Eulalio Nunez, Sr.), Margarito Luna (by his next friend Eulalio Nunez, Sr.), Carlos Luna (by his next friend Eulalio Nunez, Sr.), John Doe, I, and John Doe, II, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. BERRYBROOK FARMS, INC., Guadalupe Rodriguez, and Elida Garcia, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Michigan.

September 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michigan Migrant Legal Assistance Project by Gary Gershon, and by Janice R. Morgan, Berrien Springs, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Butzbaugh & Ryan by John Dewane, St. Joseph, Mich., for defendant Berrybrook Farms.

Kendall MacLeod, Kalamazoo, Mich., for defendant Guadalupe Rodriguez & Elida Garcia.

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

Plaintiffs are migrant farmworkers who were allegedly recruited by defendants Guadalupe Rodriguez and Elida Garcia to work for defendant Berrybrook Farms ("Berrybrook"). Berrybrook is an agribusiness which employed hundreds of agricultural laborers during the 1985 harvest season. Plaintiffs allege that in exchange for their labor the defendants housed them in rural shacks which were declared uninhabitable and which were refused...

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