January 05, 2026
A Michigan federal court has largely allowed two workers to continue pursuing their claims that blueberry farm operators used forced labor, finding they sufficiently alleged that the companies should've known they were benefiting from a recruiter's violations of a federal trafficking law.
February 20, 2024
Two agricultural companies look to escape claims that they trafficked a group of migrant workers, telling a Michigan federal court that the workers hadn't shown how they could have known that a recruiter used abusive tactics to obtain their labor.
February 02, 2024
A Michigan federal judge on Friday set aside default judgments against two farming companies named alongside other farms in a suit alleging they trafficked Mexican migrant farmworkers, saying he didn't want to punish clients for their lawyers' tardy response to the case.
September 19, 2023
Two farming companies are urging a Michigan federal court to toss a default judgment penalizing them for being seven days late in responding to a complaint alleging they were among six companies involved in trafficking Mexican migrant farmworkers.
August 29, 2023
A Michigan blueberry farm accused of human trafficking has denied ever employing the two Mexican migrant farmworkers who sued the farm or a man they say woke them up in the middle of the night before instructing them to work using fake identities.
June 12, 2023
Two migrant farmworkers from Mexico accused a Michigan blueberry farm of human trafficking, alleging they were woken up in the middle of the night and later forced to work long hours and live in unfurnished housing while racking up debt.