Desrosiers v. Hemingway Bros. Interstate Trucking Co.

This is a civil action brought to recover wages allegedly lost as a result of a breach of an oral agreement between the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the defendant, Hemingway Bros. Interstate Trucking Company (Hemingway). The complaint alleged that under that agreement the defendant Hemingway, if it hired certain truck drivers who were laid off as a result of the closing of Hemingway’s terminal in Fall River, Massachusetts, was obligated to do so in accordance with the drivers’ seniority status acquired while working for Hemingway in its Fall River operation. After the plaintiff…