BURKE & THOMAS, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS

No. 45995.

92 Wn.2d 762 (1979)

600 P.2d 1282

BURKE & THOMAS, INC., ET AL, Petitioners, v. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF MASTERS, MATES & PILOTS, ET AL, Respondents.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kargianis & Austin, by George Kargianis, for petitioners.

Reaugh, Hart, Allison, Prescott & Davis, by Keith R. Baldwin, for respondents.


HOROWITZ, J.

This case raises the question whether members of the public who are incidentally injured in their personal or business relationships by an unauthorized strike of public employees have a private claim for relief or cause of action against the employees' union to recover damages. We hold that absent sufficient allegations of fact to support a cause of action under existing tort or contract theories, a complaint for such damages is properly dismissed. We...

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