Jury awards more than $500,000 to Guatemalan men who said they were exploited on Michigan farms
- A jury awarded more than $500,000 to five men from Guatemala for being exploited by a labor contractor in Michigan.
- $450,000 of the verdict was for punitive damages against Purpose Point Harvesting for violating an antitrafficking law.
- The men worked excessive hours without proper pay, according to attorney Teresa Hendricks.
- Victims face coercive control and fear retaliation, including deportation, which makes it rare for labor trafficking cases to go to trial.
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Jury sides with men claiming they were exploited on farms
DETROIT — A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to five men from Guatemala who said they were exploited and underpaid by a labor contractor that brought them to Michigan to plant and harvest fruit and vegetables.
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Jury awards more than $500,000 to Guatemalan men who said they were exploited on Michigan farms
A jury has awarded more than $500,000 to five men from Guatemala who said they were exploited and underpaid by a labor contractor that brought them to Michigan to work on farms.
·United States
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