Bassaro v. Barnes & Tucker Co.

SPAETH, Judge:

This appeal involves a dispute between appellant, Barnes and Tucker Company, a company engaged in operating coal mines, and eight of its employees. The dispute arose in November 1978, when appellees, returning from work, discovered that their cars had been vandalized. The cars were *325parked in the company lot. Appellees filed this action against appellant seeking reimbursement for the cost of repairing their cars. Appellant filed preliminary objections asserting that appellee’s sole remedy lay in the arbitration procedure contained in the collective bargaining agreement between…