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Workplace Justice

Alberto v. Villa Trina Food Corp., No. 1767-05 (Sup. Ct. Bronx Cty.) (filed May 3, 2005)
MFY, together with Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler LLP, filed suit on behalf of three janitors who were routinely locked in overnight at the supermarkets they were cleaning. As explained in the complaint, managers of the defendant stores would lock the doors on the janitors in the evening and return eleven or twelve hours later, leaving the janitors with no means of egress and no acess to a telephone in the event of an emergency. The complaint charges false imprisonment, negligence and gross negligence and demands compensatory and punitive damages.

Angamarca v. Eurotech Industries, Inc., 03 CV 05728 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 13, 2004)
MFY represented day laborers who had been hired by and worked many hours for the defendant construction contractor. The contractor then failed to pay them the vast portion of wages due and bounced the checks that it did tender. MFY brought suit for violation of minimum wage, overtime, and other labor laws, as well as for fraud, winning a judgment for almost $20,000 against the contractor for unpaid wages and liquidated damages.

Amicus Brief to Help Victim of Domestic Violence Win Unemployment Insurance Benefits
As part of MFY advocacy on behalf of victims of domestic violence, we joined with other organizations in filing an amicus brief in support of an appeal of denial of unemployment insurance benefits for a domestic violence victim. See Amicus Brief, Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board Decision, Memo on Decision.