Rhode Island Carpenters Annuity Fund v. Trevi Icos Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

SMITH, District Judge.

In this action, a union, through its employee benefit funds, seeks to compel an employer to make fund contributions pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement for work the employer assigned to employees of another union who were covered under another collective bargaining agreement. Defendant, employer Trevi Icos, moves for summary judgment, seeking dismissal of the benefit funds’ claims for reimbursement of the alleged contributions funds. For the following reasons, the court will deny the motion.

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Plaintiffs are four employee benefit funds…