Legal Opinion
George K. Brough v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, and Third Party v. Carpenter & Paterson, Inc., Third Party
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 29, 1971No. 7693, 7694PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Chief Judge.
Plaintiff Brough, a resident of New Hampshire and an employee of Carpenter & Paterson, Inc., a New Hampshire corporation, was injured while operating an allegedly faulty machine, and received Workmen’s Compensation benefits. He brought suit for negligence in the state court against the union, a local of the United Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO, with whom the employer had a collective bargaining agreement. The complaint relied upon an asserted New Hampshire common law principle that an employer’s safety advisors, regardless of their motivation or contractual…
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