Now Matthew Muckey files complaint against NY Phil

Some hours after* principal oboe Liang Wang sued the orchestra over his suspension, lawyers for associate principal trumpet Matthew Muckey issued a complaint in these terms:

Statement of Steven Hyman, Mathew Muckey’s lawyer

Matthew Muckey has filed this complaint with the sole purpose of returning to the job he loves and was born to do: Play the trumpet for the New York Philharmonic, a tenured position he secured in 2008. The actions taken by the Philharmonic and the Union in recent weeks are a clear violation of a binding arbitration award that restored him with regard to these false allegations.  It is disgraceful that the Philharmonic has come back 14 years later, after Mr. Muckey has been investigated over and over again, in an attempt to rob him of a hard earned career and reputation.  And it equally unacceptable that Mr.. Muckey’s union has likewise abandoned him notwithstanding the arbitration award they helped secure in his favor. It is time that both the Philharmonic and the Union respect the rule of law.

There is no indication of coordination between the two legal teams.

*UPDATE: We’ve heard from Muckey’s team: ‘Just for clarification we did file the lawsuit first’.