Boston Medical Center v. Service Employees International Union, Local 285
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Boudin, Bownes, Lipez
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- First Circuit
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Outcome
The First Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court's vacation of an arbitrator's award and ordered reinstatement of a nurse who was terminated following an infant patient's death. The court found the arbitrator did not exceed her authority in reducing the employer's chosen penalty from discharge to suspension under the collective bargaining agreement.
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