Kelsey v. Formtech Industries & West Side Local 174

OPINION

JAMES G. CARR, District Judge.

Plaintiff James Kelsey, a former Metal-dyne Precision Forming [“Metaldyne”] employee and member to a collective bargaining unit represented by West Side Local 174 [“Local 174” or “Union”], appeals from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendants FormTech Industries 1 [“FormTech”] and Local 174. Kelsey brings a § 301 hybrid claim under the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 [“LMRA”], 29 U.S.C. § 185, alleging that the Union breached its duty of fair representation and that his former employer breached a collective bargaining…