ALBINO v. CITY OF NEW YORK


80 A.D.2d 261 (1981)

Thomas Albino, Appellant, v. City of New York, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

May 4, 1981


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Weissberg (Robert J. Krengel of counsel), for appellant.

Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Ronald E. Sternberg of counsel), for respondent.

HOPKINS, J. P., LAZER and GIBBONS, JJ., concur.


GULOTTA, J.

The question posed by this appeal is whether the plaintiff, an employee of the defendant municipality, has sufficiently established that his union, as his exclusive bargaining agent, breached its statutory duty of fair representation in the handling of his grievance against his employer to permit him to sue his employer directly under the rationale of Vaca v Sipes (386 U.S....

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases