Thomas Tellez v. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, Inc., and Does I-X, Inclusive

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• holding each element of defamation action may be resolved without interpretation of the CBA
• holding each element of defamation action may be resolved without interpretation of the CBA
• finding that 14 an IIED claim was not preempted where the bargaining agreement was “silent on 15 work conditions, and vague on disciplinary formalities.”
• holding plaintiff’s defamation claim not preempted since 14 CBA neither requires management to send written notice of suspension nor provides guidelines 15 where notice sent
• finding plaintiff’s claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress as the result of the employer’s distribution of a defamatory letter not preempted, noting that “[t]he collective bargaining agreement does not envision such behavior”
• “California's defamation law establishes 3 nonnegotiable rights and obligations independent of any labor contract.”

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