HELLUMS v. QUAKER OATS CO.

No. 84-1550.

760 F.2d 202 (1985)

Dennis HELLUMS and Michael Keener, Appellants, v. QUAKER OATS COMPANY and Local 125, Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, Affiliated with the AFL-CIO, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 19, 1985.

Rehearing Denied May 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Pelofsky, Kansas City, Mo., for appellants.

Thomas H. Marshall, Kansas City, Kan., for the Union.

Michael T. Welch, Chicago, Ill., for Quaker Oats Co.

Before ARNOLD, FAGG, and BOWMAN, Circuit Judges.


BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

On August 22, 1978, Dennis Hellums, Michael Keener, and Wayman Griggs were working overtime at the Quaker Oats plant in St. Joseph, Missouri, when a fight broke out between Hellums and Keener on one side and Griggs on the other. No one else saw the fight begin. The three employees gave conflicting versions of the events leading up to the fight; Griggs claimed that Hellums and Keener had started the fight, while Hellums and Keener claimed that...

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