Employment Law
ERISA
Breach of Collective Bargaining Agreements and Trust Agreements
Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Pension Plan, Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Defined Contribution Trust Fund, Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Health Trust Fund, Trustees of the Southern California IBEW-NECA Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Trust Fund, Trustees of the Los Angeles County Electrical Educatio
Published: Oct. 1, 2016 | Result Date: Sep. 2, 2016 | Filing Date: Jan. 1, 1900 |Case number: 2:16-cv-05805-RGK-JC Bench Decision – $783,236
Court
USDC Central
Attorneys
Plaintiff
Susan G. Lovelace
(Laquer, Urban, Clifford & Hodge LLP)
Matthew T. Bechtel
(The Green Law Group LLP)
Defendant
Daniel H. Handman
(Hirschfeld & Kraemer LLP)
Sayaka Karitani
(Akerman LLP)
Facts
Plaintiffs, trustees of various employee benefit plans, filed a first amended complaint against defendant employer, asserting causes of action for breach of collective bargaining agreements and trust agreements, and violation of Section 515 of ERISA.
Contentions
PLAINTIFFS' CONTENTIONS:
Plaintiffs contended that defendant breached the parties' written collective bargaining agreement by failing to pay fringe benefit contributions.
Result
The parties settled for $783,236.06.
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