Bowater Carolina Co. v. Rock Hill Local Union No. 1924

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Bowater Carolina Company, a division of Bowater, Inc., appeals from the judgment of the district court granting summary judgment to Rock Hill Local Union No. 1924, Catawba Maintenance Local Union No. 925, and United Paperworkers International Union, AFL-CIO (“the Union”) in Bowater’s action to vacate a labor arbitration award on the grounds that the award exceeded the scope of the issues submitted to the arbitrator. We reverse.

The underlying arbitration involved John Truesdale, a Bowater millwright and a member of the Union, who suffered an on-the-job injury to his back…