WA Reasonable Accomodation Preempts Fed Law

An injured worker's claim of violation of Washington's state law requiring a reasonable accommodation for disabled employees is not preempted by section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act says the Ninth Circuit US Court of Appeals in Humble V. Boeing Co., No. 01-35107 (9th Cir. September 18, 2002). Su Humble was employed as a fabrication bench mechanic at Boeing in February 1999 when she suffered an on-the-job injury to her shoulder. According to Humble's pleadings, Boeing's medical department recommended that she be given a light duty position, but her supervisor disregarded thi...