BREYER, Chief Judge.
The appeals in this diversity action arise out of Dolores Sweeney's claim that the defendants negligently caused her husband serious emotional suffering. The appeals focus upon two defenses. The first is that § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(a), pre-empts (and thereby forecloses) the kind of state-law tort suit that defendant Westvaco says is before us, namely a claim that an employer negligently caused...
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