Love v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Local 1733

OPINION

in which ALAN E. HIGHERS, J., and DAVID R. FARMER, J., joined.

This is a claim against a union for negligence. The plaintiff was a correctional officer at a county correctional facility and a member of the defendant union. The employee was terminated from his job after he was arrested for possession of a controlled substance. The employee sought the union’s assistance in appealing his termination through the county grievance process. After his grievance was preliminarily denied, the union had fifteen days in which to appeal the denial by requesting arbitration of the employee’s case.…