CENTRAL STATES SE & SW AREAS v. MESSINA PRODUCTS

Nos. 11-3513, 12-1333.

706 F.3d 874 (2013)

CENTRAL STATES SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION FUND, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. MESSINA PRODUCTS, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company, Defendant-Appellant, and Stephen Messina and Florence Messina, Defendants and Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Hoon Lee (argued), Attorney, Central States Funds, Law Department, Rosemont, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Paul E. Robinson (argued), Attorney, Sullivan & Leavitt, P.C., Northville, MI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before FLAUM, WOOD, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

When an employer participates in a multiemployer pension plan and then withdraws from the plan with unpaid liabilities, federal law can pierce corporate veils and impose liability on owners and related businesses. These appeals present issues on the scope of such liabilities. Plaintiff Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund is a multiemployer pension plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act...

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