United States Ninth Circuit

An airline employee's state common law tort action against a negligent urine testing laboratory is not preempted by the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991 and related FAA regulations.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/06/2003
• Decided 09/12/2003
• Published 09/12/2003

Judges

• KLEINFELD, Circuit Judge., Before: KLEINFELD, McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and BREYER, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John J. Weber, O'Flaherty, Cross, Martinez & Ovando, LLP, Anaheim, CA, for the Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark McDougal and Linda K. Williams (briefed), Kafoury & McDougal, Portland, OR, for the Appellee.