Helen A. Lingley, Appellant v. Alaska Airlines, Inc. and Dan Kane, Appellees

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court held that the trial court abused its discretion by denying Lingley leave to amend her complaint because the collective bargaining agreement does not clearly waive her right to litigate state‑law claims and because many of her claims are not preempted by the Railway Labor Act. It affirmed the dismissal of her first amended complaint for lack of subject‑matter jurisdiction, reversed the denial of amendment, and remanded for amendment of age‑discrimination, economic‑discrimination (as age), retaliation, whistleblowing, and retribution claims.