CREEKMORE v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE

No. 96,221.

149 P.3d 865 (2007)

Diane L. CREEKMORE, Appellant, v. SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, L.P., and the Kansas Department of Labor, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kansas.

January 12, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander B. Mitchell, II, of Klenda, Mitchell, Austerman & Zuercher, L.L.C., of Wichita, for the appellant.

Melanie McIntyre, Timothy S. Pickering, and Bruce A. Ney, of Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., of Topeka, for appellee Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P.

Heather Wilke and Brett Flachsbarth, of Kansas Department of Labor, for appellee Kansas Department of Labor.

Before McANANY, P.J., PIERRON, J., and BUKATY, S.J.


PIERRON, J.

Diane L. Creekmore appeals the trial court decision that her claim for unpaid vacation and severance pay was preempted by the Federal Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (LMRA), 29 U.S.C. § 141 et seq., based on the collective bargaining agreement between Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., (SBT) and the Communication Workers of America (CWA). We affirm.

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