Session #103 · 1993–95

Speech #1030031989

Mr. FAZiO. which would overrule the Supreme Courts 1990 decision in Adams Fruit. In that decision. the Court held that injured farmworkers may bring a private cause of action under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act [MSPA. even though those workers had already recovered workers compensation benefits for those same injuries. The implications of the Adams Fruit decision are quite troubling as the decision undermines the general principle of the exclusivity of workers compensation. both in the MSPA context and beyond. The workers compensation system was designed as a quid pro quo system in which employees forgo the right to a tort remedy In exchange for readily accessible relief without questions of liability or contributory negligence.
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Migrant

Classification

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Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
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Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Economic contributor

Speaker & context

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Date
1993-05-05
Speech ID
1030031989
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