13.1.2.5 Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

. In Adams Fruit Co. v. Barrett,^[26] the United States Supreme Court ruled that the exclusivity provision of a state workers’ compensation law does not bar migrant farm workers from collecting workers’ compensation and also maintaining an action for damages under the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act.^[27] The court interpreted the language of the act to leave a private right of action under the Act unaffected by the availability of recovery under a state of workers’ compensation...