Legal Opinion
Einhorn v. M.L. Ruberton Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 21, 2011No. 09-4204PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal asks us to consider the circumstances in which a purchaser of assets bears liability for delinquent employee benefit fund contributions under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (“ERISA”) as a successor in interest to the seller of those assets. Appellant William J. Einhorn, on behalf of employee benefit funds established pursuant to ERISA, brought suit to recover unpaid contributions from Appellee M.L. Ruberton Construction Company. According to Einhorn, Ruberton was obligated to contribute to the benefit funds under two…
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