BAILEY v. CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RY. CO.

No. 87-1733.

852 F.2d 185 (1988)

Wayne L. BAILEY, et al., for Themselves and for all Other Employees Herein as Group II Employees, Chessie System, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY CO., also Known as the Chessie System and the National Maritime Union of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Wadel, argued, Wadel & Bulger, P.C., Ludington, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Kevin B. Krauss, James L. Wernstrom, Law, Weathers & Richardson, Grand Rapids, Mich., Robert E. Swickle, The Jaques Admiralty Law Firm, Detroit, Mich., for Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Co.

Sidney H. Kalban, argued, Cappiello, Hofman & Katz P.C., New York City, for Nat. Maritime Union.

Before KEITH and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and EDWARDS, Senior Circuit Judge.


WELLFORD, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, members of the National Maritime Union (the Union), until recently were employed by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C & O). They claim that it was error for the district court to dismiss their claim based upon the statute of limitations. We affirm.

The events leading to this lawsuit began when C & O, based on continuing losses, decided to sell its ferry operations to another...

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