HOTEL EMPLOYEES & RESTAURANT v. GENTNER

No. 93-15684.

50 F.3d 719 (1995)

HOTEL EMPLOYEES & RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION WELFARE FUND, a multiemployer employee benefit fund; Edward T. Hanley; Patrick J. Kane, as Trustees, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Virgil GENTNER; Virgil R. Gentner, Chartered, a Professional Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 21, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diana L.S. Peters, Feder & Associates, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants.

James R. Olson, Rawlings, Olson & Cannon, Las Vegas, NV, for defendants-appellees.

Before: LAY, PREGERSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


LAY, Circuit Judge:

The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund, et al. ("the Fund") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims against Virgil R. Gentner, an attorney representing Joseph K. Newell, a Fund beneficiary.

BACKGROUND

On April 2, 1987, a car struck and severely injured Newell. At the time, Newell was a participant in Plan Unit 150 of the Fund, which provides benefits to eligible covered employees...

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