Legal Opinion
Lindsey v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 24, 1987No. 18325-7-IPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Durham, J. *
This case involves the scope of a union's duty of fair representation when it represents one of its members in pursuing an employment grievance. We hold as a matter of law that the union did not breach its duty in this case and we affirm the summary judgment dismissal of the member's complaint against the union.
Ron Lindsey was Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle (Metro) bus driver and a member of Amalgamated Transit Union, Division 587. On March 23, 1984, a co-worker thought he smelled alcohol on Lindsey and reported him to Metro base chief Harold Mann. Mann warned Lindsey that…
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