Legal Opinion
United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial & Service Workers International Union AFL-CIO-CLC v. Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 22, 2012No. 11-15081UnpublishedCited by 2 opinions
Non-Argument Calendar.
1Per curiam
Smurfit-Stone Container Corporation appeals from the district court’s enforcement of an arbitral judgment and award of pre-judgment interest. We affirm, and address those issues that merit discussion.
I
In early 2005 Clifford Adams — a Smurfit employee and member of both the United Steel, Paper & Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial, & Service Workers International Union (USW) and Local 703 of the USW — suffered a shoulder injury at work. Mr. Adams — who had 19 years of seniority at Smurfit’s Atlanta East facility — subsequently filed a workers’ compensation claim, and had…
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