Legal Opinion
Allis-Chalmers Corp. v. Lueck
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 16, 1985No. 83-1748PublishedCited by 2,340 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
The Wisconsin courts have made the bad-faith handling of an insurance claim a tort under state law. Those courts have gone further and have applied this tort to the handling of a claim under a disability plan included in a collective-bargaining agreement. The question before us is whether, in the latter case, the state tort claim is pre-empted by the national labor laws.
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Respondent Roderick S. Lueck began working for petitioner Allis-Chalmers Corporation in February 1975. He is a member of Local 248 of the United Automobile, Aero space and Agricultural Implement Workers of America.…
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