Legal Opinion
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1300 v. Lovelace
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided February 4, 2015No. 25/14Published
1Opinion of the Court
Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 1300 and David A. McClure v. William T. Lovelace, Jr., No. 25, September Term, 2014, Opinion by Adkins, J. LABOR LAW — EXHAUSTION OF INTERNAL UNION REMEDIES — DEFAMATION — MONETARY DAMAGES: When a union member claims that his union and a fellow union member are liable for defaming him and seeks monetary damages, if the union’s internal remedies do not provide monetary damages, they are inadequate and the union member is not required to exhaust them before filing suit in court. Circuit Court for Baltimore City Case No.: 24-C-10-006258 Argued: November 10, 2014…
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