Miranda v. Jewel Companies, Inc.

Plaintiff, Patricia J. Miranda, appeals the trial court’s order dismissing her complaint with prejudice, the trial court having found plaintiff’s fraud claim against her employer, defendant, Jewel Companies, Inc., preempted by Federal labor law. On appeal, plaintiff contends that the existing collective-bargaining agreement and the Federal labor statutes are not applicable to her fraud claim and need not be analyzed in order to resolve the claims alleged in her complaint. We affirm the dismissal for the reasons discussed below.

I. THE STANDARD OF REVIEW

The trial court granted defendant’s…