Torts/Personal Injury,
Immigration
Jan. 9, 2025
Will our courts protect catastrophically injured immigrants?
Two-and-a-half years after highlighting a silicosis epidemic among Hispanic workers, legal efforts are now underway to protect their access to court amid challenges to the California Values Act and concerns over federal immigration enforcement in state courthouses.
Raphael Metzger
General Counsel Council for Education and Research on Toxics
Phone: (562) 437-4499
Email: rmetzger@toxictorts.com
Raphael Metzger is the founder of the Metzger Law Group, a boutique law firm in Long Beach that sues chemical companies for poisoning and killing workers.
About two-and-a-half years ago, I wrote about a new silicosis epidemic that began in California at about the same time as Covid. ("A new epidemic of an ancient disease," Daily Journal July 12, 2022).
Silicosis is an ancient disease; it has been detected in mummies of Egyptians who built the pyramids and slaves who built the temples in ancient Greece and Rome.
Silicosis is ...
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