Gonzales v. Postal Workers Union, AFL-CIO

OPINION

DUNCAN, Justice.

Cleotilde H. Gonzales filed suit against “the American Postal Workers Union,” seeking to hold the national union vicariously liable for her damages arising out of an allegedly defamatory letter written and published by Gilbert Uriegas, a member of the national union and president of one of its local chapters. The trial court rendered summary judgment against Gonzales, and she appealed. We hold that a national union is not vicariously liable for the wrongful conduct of one of its members unless it authorizes or ratifies that conduct. Therefore, because the summary…