Legal Opinion
Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund v. Elite Erectors, Inc.
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided February 9, 1999No. IP-98-298-CH/GPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ENTRY ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO SET ASIDE JUDGMENT
HAMILTON, District Judge.
This case presents a practical problem in collecting debts under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). When an employer owes money to a multi-employer benefit plan but is essentially judgment-proof, the trustees of the plan may try to collect the debt from the employer’s officers or affiliated companies by piercing the corporate veil. The problem presented here is whether and how the trustees in such a case may take advantage of ERISA’s provision for nationwide service of process, 29 U.S.C. §…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund v. Elite Erectors, Inc., Skylight Consultants of America, Inc., and Mary LowryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund v. Elite Erectors, Inc.District Court, S.D. Indiana · 1999
- Bd Trustees Sheet v. Elite Erectors, IncCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000