Judge Revives 2023 Injury Case, Exposing Rick Jackson to Worker Authorization Questions
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Updated · LatinTimes · Aug 20
Judge Revives 2023 Injury Case, Exposing Rick Jackson to Worker Authorization Questions
3 articles · Updated · LatinTimes · Aug 20
Summary
A Forsyth County judge sent Facundo Ortega’s workers’ compensation claim back for further review, denying Rick Jackson a clean win in a dispute over a March 2023 injury at his estate.
The case now spotlights whether workers on Jackson’s property were properly vetted after depositions said I-9 forms were not used for new hires, even though immigration status is not the legal basis of Ortega’s claim.
Jackson testified he did not personally hire the maintenance and landscaping workers and did not know their immigration status; his campaign says a landscaper hired them and that Jackson would not knowingly employ anyone illegally.
The revived case hands Democrats and primary rivals a ready attack line against Jackson’s hard-line immigration message as he heads toward a November race with Keisha Lance Bottoms after winning the GOP runoff with 52.64%.