California Court of Appeal

PRACHASAISORADEJ v. RALPHS GROCERY CO., B165498

Dismissal of plaintiff's suit, on grounds that it was preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, is reversed where there was no preemption as plaintiff's claims involved independent rights that neither derive from nor require interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• DOI TODD, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kumetz & Glick, Fred Kumetz, Stephen Glick, Los Angeles;  Law Offices of Ian Herzog, Ian Herzog, Santa Monica;  Daniels, Fine, Israel & Schonbuch, Paul R. Fine, Scott A. Brooks and Craig S. Momita, Los Angeles, for Plaintiff and Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thelen Reid & Priest, Thomas E. Hill, Los Angeles, and Robert Spagat, San Francisco, for Defendant and Respondent.