White v. Ballou

COVINGTON, Judge.

Plaintiff Dennis G. White, as representative of Communication Workers of America, Local 6327, AFL-CIO (the Union), appeals from a judgment entered on a jury verdict in the amount of $15,000.00 actual and $7,000.00 punitive damages in favor of defendant Mary P. Ballou on her prima facie tort counterclaim in the Union’s action to collect disciplinary fines imposed on her for strikebreaking. The cause is remanded with instructions to dismiss.

Mary P. Ballou, an employee of Southwestern Bell Telephone Company, was a member of the Union when the Union called a strike against…