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October 16, 2025 In News

Detroit Free Press: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants

“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case....

October 16, 2025 In News

Farmers’ Advance: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants

“When government officials act unconstitutionally, they can be held accountable,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with agricultural law firm FarmSTAND, representing MIRC in the case....

October 16, 2025 In News

Michigan Advance: Michigan Supreme Court justices question governor’s immunity, timeliness of worker’s comp lawsuit

In a press conference prior to the oral arguments, Muraskin described this lawsuit as a question of Michiganders’ ability to take their government to court over perceived wrongs. “That would mean that when the governor has a policy of any unconstitutional conduct, including this one, the...

October 16, 2025 In News

Michigan Public: Michigan high court hears case about workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants

MIRC rejected that argument, its lawyers claiming instead that the harm is ongoing since the workers’ comp denials continue to increase the group’s call volume. Speaking in the lobby outside the court after oral arguments, attorney David Muraskin, representing the immigrant rights center, said the governor...

October 16, 2025 In News

MLive: Lawsuit over workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants lands in Michigan Supreme Court

“The governor has been playing a game throughout this case. She has insisted on immunity up to this court and that is why she’s been able to delay this case for years,” said David Muraskin, an attorney with FarmSTAND who is representing MIRC alongside the...

October 16, 2025 In News

Bloomberg Law: Michigan Justices Urged to Revive Immigrant Worker Benefit Case

The state Court of Appeals tossed the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center's case against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) because it wrongly concluded that the group blew past a one-year filing deadline spelled out in state law, said attorney David S. Muraskin. Characterizing the case as one...

October 16, 2025 In News

Law 360: Mich. Justice Unsure Gov. Exempt From 1-Year Claim Deadline

The case has been stymied by a provision of the Michigan Court of Claims Act requiring plaintiffs suing the state to either bring a claim or file a notice of one within a year of the claim accruing....

October 16, 2025 In News

CBS News: Immigrant advocates challenge Michigan workers’ comp policy, seek pay for undocumented workers hurt on the job

"This case isn't about recovering any damages passed; it's simply saying that the governor has to comply with the law going forward," said David Muraskin, managing director for litigation, FarmSTAND....

October 16, 2025 In News

Michigan Advance: Advocates challenge Whitmer policy in Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday over workers’ comp denials

“That would mean that when the governor has a policy of any unconstitutional conduct, including this one, the fact that she got away with it for a year would keep anyone from ever going to court,” David Muraskin, managing director of litigation at FarmSTAND, said....

October 8, 2025 In Press Release

Civil Rights and Immigrant Advocates Await Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v Whitmer

Today the Michigan Supreme Court heard oral argument in MIRC v. Whitmer, a case that will determine whether the state can violate the rights of Michiganders with impunity. The case before the Court is a challenge brought by the Michigan Immigrant Rights Center to the state’s...

immigration

Detroit Free Press: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants

Farmers’ Advance: Michigan Supreme Court hears case over workers’ compensation for undocumented immigrants

Michigan Advance: Michigan Supreme Court justices question governor’s immunity, timeliness of worker’s comp lawsuit

Michigan Public: Michigan high court hears case about workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants

MLive: Lawsuit over workers’ comp for undocumented immigrants lands in Michigan Supreme Court

Bloomberg Law: Michigan Justices Urged to Revive Immigrant Worker Benefit Case

Law 360: Mich. Justice Unsure Gov. Exempt From 1-Year Claim Deadline

CBS News: Immigrant advocates challenge Michigan workers’ comp policy, seek pay for undocumented workers hurt on the job

Michigan Advance: Advocates challenge Whitmer policy in Michigan Supreme Court Wednesday over workers’ comp denials

Civil Rights and Immigrant Advocates Await Supreme Court Decision in MIRC v Whitmer

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