Victory for maquiladora workers: court applies U.S. law to firms in Mexico. From: National Catholic Reporter | Date: July 29, 1994| Author: Martinez, Demetria | COPYRIGHT 1994 National Catholic Reporter. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - For Sr. Susan Mika, it was like news faxed from heaven: An El Paso County judge had ruled that Texas law applies in a suit filed by the family of a Mexican worker who was killed while working at a U.S.-owned factory in Mexico.

"It's a precedent-setting case," said Mika, president of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras. The judge's June 15 decision, a pretrial ruling, may mean that U.S. companies with plants in Mexico or other countries are ...

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