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SATTERFIELD v. CLAYPOLE

No. 21585.

438 S.E.2d 564 (1993)

190 W.Va. 384

Lowell SATTERFIELD, Plaintiff Below, Appellee, v. Eugene CLAYPOLE, Marion Russell, Gary Jordan, James Rowan, James Slusser, Jerry Miller, John Darcus, and Rick Yanero, Individually and as Representatives and Officials of U.M.W.A. District 31, an Unincorporated Labor Association, and U.M.W.A. District 31, Defendants Below, U.M.W.A. District 31, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided December 9, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacques R. Williams, Hamstead, Hamstead & Williams, Morgantown, for appellee.

Peter F. Dinardi, Morgantown, for appellant.

BROTHERTON, Justice:

This appeal involves an alleged breach of employment contract claim by the appellee, Lowell Satterfield, against the officials of United Mine Workers of America District No. 31. Satterfield alleges that the union wrongfully laid him off from his position as assistant compensation director twice during his tenure as an elected official of the district union. Following a jury trial, the appellee was awarded $50,000.00. The union appeals, arguing...

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