SULLIVAN v. COX

No. 95-3017.

78 F.3d 322 (1996)

Gerald M. SULLIVAN, not individually but as trustee of Plumbers Pension Fund, Local 130, U.A., et al., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Terry COX d/b/a Central Emerald, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 12, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul V. Esposito (argued), Douglas A. Lindsay, Thomas E. Brabec, Blake T. Lynch, John William Loseman, Lewis, Overbeck & Furman, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William F. Fitzpatrick (argued), Callahan & Fitzpatrick, Oak Lawn, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before CUMMINGS, BAUER and MANION, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

At issue is whether an individual accepted personal responsibility for delinquent contributions to benefit plans under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 U.S.C. § 1145 ("ERISA"), when he signed collective bargaining agreements as "President" of the corporation, but failed to provide the full legal name of the corporation as called for by the contract. The district court held that individual liability was appropriate...

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