May 04, 2017
A Florida federal judge granted final approval Thursday of a $360,000 settlement in a case brought by black and Haitian farmworkers who claimed that fruit companies denied them work in favor of white and Hispanic employees.
December 07, 2016
A Florida district judge changed his mind Tuesday and moved to decertify a class of Haitian workers accusing a blueberry farm of national origin-based discrimination, less than a week after reaching the opposite conclusion and only a couple days before trial is set to begin.
November 30, 2016
A Florida federal judge refused Wednesday to decertify a class of Haitian workers accusing a blueberry farm of national origin-based discrimination, keeping alive their class suit alleging violations of state and federal civil rights laws.
November 09, 2016
A class of Haitian workers accusing a Florida blueberry farm of origin-based discrimination asked a federal judge on Tuesday to rule that the farm was their employer under the law, pointing to prior admissions that the company hired them and evidence that it handled employer responsibilities.
October 21, 2016
Constangy Brooks Smith & Prophete LLP asked a Florida federal court Friday to let it withdraw, on the eve of trial, from representing a blueberry farm in a national origin discrimination lawsuit brought against it by a class of Haitian workers, citing a recently discovered conflict of interest.
March 31, 2016
A Florida federal judge refused for the second time on Thursday a blueberry farm's bid to end a national origin discrimination lawsuit brought by a class of Haitian workers, saying there remain questions better left for a jury to decide.
October 28, 2015
A Florida blueberry farm on Tuesday asked a federal court to end a suit brought by a class of Haitian workers claiming they were not hired by the farm because of their race and national origin, arguing its hiring practices are based on legitimate business decisions.
July 16, 2015
A Florida federal judge on Wednesday said he would not bifurcate a class suit alleging a Florida blueberry farm discriminated against Haitian workers, saying that splitting the case would cause an unnecessary delay.
July 10, 2015
A Florida blueberry farm facing allegations of race and national origin discrimination from a class of Haitian workers urged a federal judge on Thursday not to split a trial into two parts, as plaintiffs requested, saying discovery will not be costly or complex enough to warrant bifurcation.
June 23, 2015
A certified class of Haitian workers accusing a Florida blueberry farm of race and national origin discrimination asked a federal court to split an upcoming trial into two parts, saying the parties would best be served by separate trials over liability and damages.