Henderson v. Plumbers Local No. 8

WELBORN, Commissioner.

Action by plumbing contractor to enjoin picketing by labor organization and for damages resulting from such picketing. Trial court issued injunction and gave plaintiff judgment for $43,172 actual and $500 punitive damages. Defendants appeal.

Plaintiff-respondent, Gene Henderson, is a plumbing contractor in the Kansas City area. At the times here significant, he was a member of the United Contractors Council, an association of contractors. The United Contractors Council had a collective bargaining agreement with District 50 of the United Mine Workers of America. Their…