Fowlkes v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local No. 76

— Dave Fowlkes brought this action, denominated by his counsel as a common law action sounding in contract/tort, in state court against the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 76. A jury *761returned a verdict of $100,000 for Fowlkes, from which Local 76 appeals. Local 76 claims that state court jurisdiction was preempted by the jurisdiction of the National Labor Relations Board (Board); that the suit was barred by the 6-month statute of limitations of section 10(b) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), 29 U.S.C. § 160(b); that the complaint should have been dismissed…