Opinion
C22-0321-LK
08-02-2022
WASHINGTON STATE NURSES ASSOCIATION, et al., Plaintiffs, v. MULTICARE HEALTH SYSTEM, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
Lauren King, United States District Judge
This matter comes before the Court on a motion for reconsideration filed by MultiCare Health System. Dkt. No. 27. MultiCare seeks reconsideration of one aspect of the Court's order granting the Unions' motion to remand, Dkt. No. 26: it seeks to have the Court remove any suggestion that it has “abandoned” the issue of Garmon preemption because it may pursue that argument in another forum. Dkt. No. 27 at 2. MultiCare argues that the clarification “can be readily accomplished by revising one referenced sentence as follows: ‘Therefore, this Court does not consider MultiCare's abandoned address a Garmon preemption argument which was not raised in the argument of this motion.'” Id. The Unions filed a response to the motion for reconsideration stating that they “take no position on MultiCare's motion.” Dkt. No. 28 at 1.
San Diego Building Trades Council v. Garmon, 359 U.S. 236, 245 (1959).
Because the Court did not intend to suggest that MultiCare has abandoned its Garmon argument in another forum, the Court GRANTS MultiCare' motion for reconsideration, Dkt. No. 27, and issues an amended order that removes the “abandoned” reference from page 5 of that order.