Supreme Court Rules for CalPortland in Teamsters Strike Damages Case

摘要

The U.S. Supreme Court has ordered its Washington State counterpart to resume a case where plaintiff CalPortland Co., through its Seattle-based Glacier Northwest Inc. business, seeks damages stemming from a Teamsters Local 174-initiated work stoppage that resulted in the loss of 16 loads of ready mixed concrete. In an 8-1 ruling, the High Court determined that the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) does not preempt state tort claims for property destruction arising from unions' exercising their right to strike.