8th Circuit: Nuclear Plant Worker’s Disability Bias Claim Is Preempted

Mealey's (October 10, 2018, 2:35 PM EDT) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. — Claims under Minnesota law by a former Minnesota nuclear power plant worker who alleges that he was placed on leave and required to undergo numerous tests and exams because he was perceived as an alcoholic are preempted by the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), an Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Sept. 14, affirming a denial of remand and a grant of judgment on the pleadings to the employer (Wade Boldt v. Northern States Power Company, No. 17-2231, 8th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 26053)....