If employers. already strapped with the Increasing costs of workers compensation. have to start paying tort damages too. support for the system will vanish and employers and employees alike will suffer. Mr. Speaker. the legislation being introduced today provides that a suit cannot be brought under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act [MSAWPA] for actual damages if the Injury was covered by workers compensation. In effect. this bill makes permanent the temporary moratorium on Adams Fruit cases that Congress adopted last year. It Is Important to note that under this bill. workers would still be entitled to bring an action for statutory damages or an injunction based on a MSAWPA violation. as provided for under MSAWPA.