A federal appeals court dismissed a former Piedmont Airlines Inc. pilot’s military discrimination claim filed over the denial of a $70,000 bonus, determining labor law requires the dispute be resolved in arbitration.
The US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in an unpublished opinion Tuesday affirmed a district judge’s finding that the court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over the case because the pilot’s claim was dependent on the parties’ interpretation of a collective bargaining agreement.
Daniel George sued Piedmont Airlines under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 after he was denied a union-negotiated bonus when he ...