United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's judgment in favor of defendant-airlines on plaintiff's claims that defendants retaliated against him for reporting safety concerns and constructively terminated him for reasons related to his medical and mental fitness, is affirmed, where: 1) plaintiff's California state law claims were preempted by the Federal Aviation Act because they required the factfinder to intrude upon the federally occupied field of aviation safety by deciding questions of pilot medical standards and qualifications; and 2) the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying plaintiff's motion for reconsideration.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/28/2014
• Published 03/28/2014

Judges

• McKEOWN

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel