Hand v. International Chemical Workers Union, 328
| Decision Date | 08 August 1983 |
| Docket Number | No. 328,No. 81-5828,328,81-5828 |
| Citation | 712 F.2d 1350 |
| Parties | 114 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2254, 98 Lab.Cas. P 10,379 Clarence H. HAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL WORKERS UNION, International Chemical Workers Union Local, and Arizona Chemical Co., Defendants-Appellees. |
| Court | U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit |
Brian A. Dusseault, Panama City, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.
Robert M. Young, Asst. Counsel, Intern. Chemical Workers Union, Akron, Ohio, for Intern. Chemical Workers Union.
Wade B. Perry, Mobile, Ala., for Arizona Chemical Co.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida.
Before RONEY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
The original panel opinion in this case 1 was vacated to be reviewed by the en banc court of this Circuit which withheld its ruling pending the Supreme Court's decision in DelCostello v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 2281, 76 L.Ed.2d 476 (1983). It has now been remanded, 712 F.2d 456, to the panel for reconsideration in light of DelCostello.
The issue before us in our prior hearing was the applicable statute of limitations to an employee's suit against an employer and a union alleging a breach by the employer of a collective bargaining agreement and a breach by the union of its duty of fair representation in its handling of the subsequent grievance procedure against the employer. The trial court had dismissed the plaintiff-employee's claims against both the union and the employer for lack of timeliness. Based on the Supreme Court's ruling in United Parcel Service, Inc. v. Mitchell, 451 U.S. 56, 101 S.Ct. 1559, 67 L.Ed.2d 732 (1981), we held that the employee's claim against the employer was governed by Florida's 90-day statute of limitations for the vacation of an arbitration award. Fla.Stat.Ann. § 682.13(2). In the absence of guidance from the Supreme Court on the applicable statute of limitations to the fair representation claim, we applied Florida's four-year statute of limitations for negligence and intentional torts. Since the employee in the present case had brought his collective bargaining/fair representation claims within four months of the injuries complained of, we reversed the district court's dismissal of the suit against the union and affirmed the dismissal as to...
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