LOCAL 938 JOINT H. & W. TR. F. v. B.R. STARNES CO.

Nos. 86-5379, 86-5458.

827 F.2d 1454 (1987)

LABORERS LOCAL 938 JOINT HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. B.R. STARNES COMPANY OF FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellees. LABORERS LOCAL 938 JOINT HEALTH & WELFARE TRUST FUND, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. B.R. STARNES COMPANY OF FLORIDA, Wausau Insurance Companies, Darin & Armstrong, United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., Arvida Corporation, Defendants, Trapanese Construction, Inc., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan M. Elster, Miami Beach, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William R. Pomeroy, Sarasota, Fla., for Darin & Armstrong and U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co. in No. 86-5379.

Stanley H. Wakshlag, Ackerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, Nina Brown, Miami, Fla., for Trapanese Const. Co., Inc.

Conrad J. Boyle, Mombach & Boyle, Boca Raton, Fla., for B.R. Starnes Co. of Florida in No. 86-5379.

Marte V. Singerman, Kozvak, Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A., John W. Kozyak, Miami, Fla., for Arvida Corp.

Allan M. Elster, Miami Beach, Fla., Conrad J. Boyle, Mombach & Boyle, P.A., Boca Raton, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Richard W. Groner, Abel, Band, Brown, Russell & Collier, Sarasota, Fla., for U.S. Fidelity and Guar. Co. in No. 86-5458.

Before GODBOLD and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

In the first of these consolidated cases, No. 86-5379, the primary issue presented is whether subcontractors and their sureties who are not signatories to a collective bargaining agreement are employers under § 502 of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1132(a)(3) (1974). This issue, as well as the alternative arguments for jurisdiction asserted by plaintiffs, were recently resolved by this court in Xaros...

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