Legal Opinion
Anderson Ex Rel. Painters' District Council No. 30 Health & Welfare Fund v. AB Painting & Sandblasting Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 20, 2009No. 08-2102PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
The Painters’ District Council No. 30 Health and Welfare Fund and two other multiemployer employee benefit plans (collectively “the Funds”), through their trustee Charles E. Anderson, successfully sued to collect delinquent contributions from AB Painting and Sandblasting, Inc., a Fund participant. The district court awarded attorney’s fees to the Funds, as required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), but in an amount much lower than requested because the court was not comfortable with what it perceived to be the disproportionate amount of…
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