Members of Local 100, Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), engaged in an eleven-day mass transit strike that paralyzed the life and commerce of the city of New York

Members of Local 100, Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), engaged in an eleven-day mass transit strike that paralyzed the life and commerce of the city of New York

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Members of Local 100, Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), engaged in an eleven-day mass transit strike that paralyzed the life and commerce of the city of New York. Plaintiffs are engaged in the practice of law as a profession, maintaining offices in Manhattan. Plaintiffs sue both individually and on behalf of all other professional and business entities (the class) that were damaged as a consequence of the defendants’ willful disruption of the service provided by the public transportation system of the City of New York. The law firm sought to recover as a third-party beneficiary of the collective bargaining agreement between the union and New York City. The agreement contains a no-strike clause and states that the TWU agreed to cooperate with the city to provide a safe, efficient, and dependable mass transit system. As a member of the public which depends on the public transit system and which employs dozens of persons who need the public transit system to get to and from work, plaintiffs argue that they are within the class of persons for whose benefit the TWU has promised to provide “dependable transportation service.” Are the members of the class action suit entitled to recover? Explain.

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Verified Answer The public is not entitled to recover. In the contract, the third-party beneficiary must have been contemplated by the contracting parties and should have an intention to receive t...

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The public is not entitled to recover.
In the contract, the third-party beneficiary must have been contemplated by the contracting parties and should have an intention to receive the benefits from the contract. As the contract between the parties was on the negotiated terms, they are under no obligation to render such services to public.

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