FLIBOTTE v. PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK LINES, INC.

No. 95-1197.

131 F.3d 21 (1997)

Albert A. FLIBOTTE, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. PENNSYLVANIA TRUCK LINES, INC., Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Malcolm J. Barach, Boston, MA, for appellants.

Regina C. Reardon, Glenside, PA, with whom Brian P. Crowner and Bray & Reardon, P.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and DOWD, Senior District Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Having prevailed before a jury, plaintiff-appellant Albert A. Flibotte saw his apparent victory turn to ashes when the district court entered judgment as a matter of law in favor of defendant-appellee Pennsylvania Truck Lines, Inc. (PTL) on the ground that Flibotte's claims were preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 U.S.C. § 185 (1994). Flibotte beseeches us to reinstate the jury verdict. We are unable...

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