Parties to Dispute:



            Norfolk and Western Railway Company


Statement of Claim:

      R. W. Barbour - Claim for reinstatement and back pay resulting from dismissal for failure to protect assignment and giving false reason for absence and bereavement leave [MW-ROAN-89-54-SG-373].


Upon the whole record and all the evidence, after hearing, the Board finds that the parties herein are carrier and employee within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, as amended, and this board is duly constituted by agreement under Public Law 89-456 and has jurisdiction of the parties and subject matter.

 This award is based on the facts and circumstances of this particular case and shall not serve as a precedent in any other case.

                        AWARD


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                    Thoma J. DiLauro


Ric and A. Lau . ~'. Mi`11eI/,f. f~
 Organization Member Carrier Meter

        Issued at Norfolk, Virginia, September 4, 1991