Jefferson County School District No. R-1 v. Shorey

The majority holds that Shorey, as a third-party beneficiary of a collective-bargaining agreement, may sue the school district for breach of the provisions of the collective-bargaining agreement. I disagree. Shorey’s grievance is that the school district failed to comply with a provision in the collective-bargaining agreement and proceed to a level-three arbitration hearing. Accordingly, her remedy is to have the Association pursue her grievance through the grievance procedures set forth in the collective-bargaining agreement. See Thomas v. Thompson Sch. Dist. R2-J, 749 P.2d 966…