Government
Nov. 10, 2016
Standing up for immigrants in court
Starting in January, a new law will exclude evidence of a victim's immigration status in personal injury lawsuits. That means immigrants, citizens or not, will be entitled to the same compensation for their injuries as anyone else. By Jacqueline Serna and Lea-Ann Tratten
Starting next year, California will no longer permit evidence of a plaintiff's immigration status in personal injury lawsuits. Assembly Bill 2159, authored by Assemblymember Lorena Gonzalez, overturns a 30-year-old case - Rodriguez v. Kline, 186 Cal. App. 3d 1147 (1986) - that has served to delay and deny justice for injured non-citizen immigrants in our state.
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