Legal Opinion
Cameron v. CHANG-CRAFT
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 2011No. S-13489PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WINFREE, Justice.
I. INTRODUCTION
An employee filed suit against her employer for wrongful termination after her union refused to take her grievance to arbitration under the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Relevant federal law required the employee to prove as part of her wrong ful termination claim that her union had breached its duty of fair representation when handling her grievance. 1 During trial the employer twice moved for a directed verdict, arguing the employee failed to prove the union had breached its duty of fair representation. The trial court denied the motions.…
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