Uncle of girl (latina) who died from heatstroke is fired - California

The uncle of Maria Jimenez, the teenager who died May 16 of heatstroke while pruning a vineyard near Farmington, was fired Wednesday by the contractor who replaced Merced Farm Labor.

That was the same day his sister, Maria’s mother, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the vineyard company and the contractor in charge when Maria Jimenez became ill.

“I knew this would happen,” Doroteo Jimenez said.”*

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