A category-action lawsuit in opposition to the New York courtroom system alleging discriminatory pay and remedy of 29 courtroom interpreters was filed in a state trial courtroom in Manhattan, parallel to the plaintiffs’ current submitting of an amended grievance in federal courtroom—after the unique federal declare was tossed on jurisdictional grounds, however with depart to refile.
“We’re hedging our bets and suing in each boards,” the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Arthur Z. Schwartz of Advocates for Justice, Chartered Attorneys, advised the New York Legislation Journal on Thursday.
