CENTRAL STATES v. CENTRAL TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 95-2055.

85 F.3d 1282 (1996)

CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND, a pension trust, and Howard McDougall, one of the present trustees, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CENTRAL TRANSPORT, INCORPORATED, a corporation and Central Cartage, Incorporated, a corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert M. Madden, Robert A. Coco, James P. Condon (argued), Cent. States, Southeast & Southwest Area Pension Fund, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

George N. Leighton (argued), Grady B. Murdock, Jr., Neal & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


BAUER, Circuit Judge.

Successful litigation strategy requires crafting a viable theory of liability against a reasonably affluent defendant. The plaintiff-appellant in this case, Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund ("Central States"), accomplished the former when it filed suit against D & S Leasing, Genessee Cartage Co., and Michiana Trucking, Inc. (collectively the "Rogers Group") for pension withdrawal liability. See 29 U.S.C. ...

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