NORRIS v. LUMBERMEN'S MUT. CAS. CO.

No. 89-1019.

881 F.2d 1144 (1989)

Richard D. NORRIS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. LUMBERMEN'S MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Hadley, Wareham, Mass., for plaintiff, appellant.

Kalvin M. Grove with whom Cary Schwimmer and Fox and Grove, Chartered, Chicago, Ill., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Richard D. Norris, plaintiff-appellant, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his wrongful discharge action based on Massachusetts contract and tort law against defendant-appellee, Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company (Lumbermen). The case had been removed by Lumbermen from the state court to federal court. The district court dismissed Norris' suit because the court determined that it was preempted...

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