Hatlestad v. Consolidated Rail Corp.

Peggy Bryant, Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Jose Hatlestad, appeals from a judgment of the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas dismissing his complaint for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. Appellant’s single assignment of error states:

“The Trial Court erred in granting Defendant-Appellee’s Motion to Dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction; erroneously concluding that the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., preempted Plaintiff-Appellant’s state law claims.”

In his complaint plaintiff alleges that in June 1989, his employer, defendantappellee, Consolidated Rail Corporation…