EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS PIPE v. PRATHER PLUMBING

No. 20-2525.

3 F.4th 954 (2021)

EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS PIPE TRADES HEALTH AND WELFARE FUND and Plumbers and Steamfitters U.A. Locals 63; 353 Pension Trust Fund, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PRATHER PLUMBING & HEATING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 7, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Wolters , Attorney, Cavanagh & O'Hara LLP, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael F. Hughes , Jeffrey A. Risch , Attorneys, SmithAmundsen LLC, St. Charles, IL, Michael L. Resis , Attorney, SmithAmundsen LLC, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Brennan, Scudder, and Kirsch, Circuit Judges.


Two ERISA-covered employee benefit funds filed suit in federal court to hold a newly formed, family-run plumbing company liable for an existing ERISA judgment on the basis that it stepped into the predecessor family company's obligations. The funds rooted their claim in the federal

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