Boland v. Thermal Specialties, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

JAMES E. BOASBERG, District Judge.

When Thermal Specialties Acquisition Company, LLC, acquired Thermal Specialties, Inc., an industrial-services company, TSAC refused to fulfill TSI’s collective-bargaining obligations to its union members. In particular, TSAC chose to cease contributions to employee pension funds. Plaintiffs, who are Trustees of several funds, then sued both companies, arguing that TSAC was merely TSI’s “alter ego” and that it was thus bound by the collective-bargaining agreements between TSI and a local union. This Court rejected the Trustees’ claim,…