Conner v. Dart Transportation Service

Opinion

THOMPSON, J.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted defendants in an action asserting defamation, inducement of breach of a union’s duty of fair representation, and breach of an oral contract of employment. It raises the issue of the collateral estoppel consequences of findings in a labor grievance proceeding which, if conclusive in the case at bench, bar plaintiff’s recovery. Concluding that the doctrine of collateral estoppel applies, we affirm the judgment.

Ray O. Conner was employed by Dart Transportation Service as a truck driver. He was a member of Western States Area…