Molina v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

DOMINGUEZ, District Judge.

In a prior Opinion and Order dated March 31, 1997 (Docket No. 23), the court dismissed Plaintiff’s claim for alleged unpaid sick leave and overtime pay under local law 1 because the sick leave claim was ordered arbitrable in a prior local court case between the same parties and because the local wage claim filed in a latter case was arbitrable pursuant to local law. Perez v. A.F.F., 87 Dec. P.R. 118, 1963 WL 15028 (1963). 2 Further the court found that the wage claim was barred because the same “could have been claimed” in the first case and, hence,…