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SAMS v. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION

Nos. 87-8082, 87-8083.

835 F.2d 848 (1988)

James SAMS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS UNION, AFL/CIO, CLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Jimmie ORR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL/CIO, CLC, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 15, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cletus W. Bergen, II, Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

James D. Fagan, Jr., Stanford Fagan & Giolito, Gavin S. Appleby, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and EDMONDSON Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, James Sams and Jimmy Orr, were injured in an industrial accident and brought suit in state court against several defendants, including their labor union, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union and its Local No. 442, and their employers, Hunt-Wesson, Inc. and Esmark, Inc. The complaint alleged, inter alia, a breach of duty of care by the labor union and a conspiracy to create a hazardous work place. The defendants removed...

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