Down on his luck, Larry Liner began work as a day laborer, but according to attorney David George, the company overcharged him for transportation to his jobs. The suit was one of eight George has filed in Florida on day laborers' behalf, claiming that the transport charges violated the 1995 Labor Pool Act. Last month, a judge declared the previously untested act unconstitutional, possibly leading to an important appellate test of the statute, which offered unprecedented protection for thousands of workers.
December 09, 2005 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Larry Liner has a college degree and once worked as an insurance adjuster in Georgia. His world began to unravel in 2000 after a divorce wiped him out financially.
Down on his luck, he started work in 2001 as a day laborer through Seminole County, Fla.-based Workers Temporary Staffing Inc. But according to his attorney, David George of Boca Raton, Fla., the company overcharged him for transportation to his daily jobs.
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