O'Donnell v. Boggs, et al

Filing 920100708

Opinion

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var WPFootnote1 = 'The Hon. David H. Souter, Associate Justice (Ret.) of the\
Supreme Court of the United States, sitting by designation.\
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var WPFootnote2 = 'O\'Donnell reported successively that Linda had bounced over\
a hundred checks on her personal Credit Union account (which were\
processed at Doucette\'s direction despite insufficient funds and\
against Credit Union policy), deliberately overridden security\
procedures on the accounting system to clear a personal check\
despite insufficient funds, and manipulated the clearing account\
and falsified financial records to fraudulently obtain funds.\
'

var WPFootnote3 = 'E.g., Magerer v. John Sexton & Co., 912 F.2d 525, 530-31 (1st\
Cir. 1990); Steinbach v. Dillon Cos., 253 F.3d 538, 540-41 (10th\
Cir. 2001); Oberkramer v. IBEW-NECA Serv. Ctr., Inc., 151 F.3d 752,\
756 (8th Cir. 1998); Int\'l Union, United Mine Workers v. Covenant\
Coal Corp., 977 F.2d 895, 899 (4th Cir. 1992); see also Kimbro v.\
Pepsico, Inc., 215 F.3d 723, 727 (7th Cir. 2000). Cf. Local 926,\
Int\'l Union of Operating Eng\'rs v. Jones, 460 U.S. 669 (1983)\
(considering preemption of such a claim under the National Labor\
Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.).\
'

var WPFootnote4 = 'If the contract is for employment and the defendant is the\
plaintiff\'s supervisor or a corporate official of her employer\
acting within the scope of his or her employment or corporate\
responsibilities, the plaintiff must show "actual malice,"\
Blackstone v. Cashman, 860 N.E.2d 7, 13-14 (Mass. 2007), but\
gradations of motive under state law do not control the preemption\
issue in this case which involves the relationship of the claim to\
the CBA.\
'

var WPFootnote5 = 'See Magerer, 912 F.2d at 530-31; Oberkramer, 151 F.3d at 756;\
Covenant Coal, 977 F.2d at 899; see also Holschen v. Int\'l Union of\
Painters, No. 09-1122, 2010 WL 842089, at *4 (8th Cir. 2010).\
'

var WPFootnote6 = 'Steinbach, 253 F.3d at 540-42 (finding a plaintiff\'s claim\
that her supervisor\'s harassment interfered with her performance of\
her employment duties preempted because it required interpretation\
of a CBA\'s management rights clause); Magerer, 912 F.2d at 530-31;\
cf. Bartholomew v. AGL Res., Inc., 361 F.3d 1333, 1340 (11th Cir.\
2004).\
'

var WPFootnote7 = 'Hawaiian Airlines, 512 U.S. at 260-63 (whistleblower\
protection claims under federal and state law for reporting\
aviation safety issues); Livadas v. Bradshaw, 512 U.S. 107, 121-25,\
135 (1994)(state law requiring prompt payment of wages); Lingle,\
486 U.S. at 407-13 (claim under state law barring retaliation for\
filing worker\'s compensation claim).\
'

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