Hughes v. Blankenship

The plaintiff, John Hughes, in his capacity as administrator of the Western Conference of Teamsters’ Pension Fund, initiated this suit to recover $45,427.39 owed by the defendant Jim Blankenship as a union contractor for unpaid contributions to the Pension Fund (Fund), plus damages and interest. Blankenship defends on the grounds that the collective bargaining agreement he entered with the Teamsters Union was to be applicable only to employees working on non-residential patching and paving jobs and that the collective bargaining agreement actually entered was entered into by mistake. The…