Legal Opinion
Teamsters & Employers Welfare Trust of Illinois v. Gorman Brothers Ready Mix
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 2002No. 01-2029PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A multiemployer welfare trust filed suit under ERISA in 1999 against the Gorman construction company to recover some $200,000 in delinquent contributions (including interest and attorneys’ fees) for the period 1993-1998. 29 U.S.C. § 1145. After a bench trial, the district judge held the suit barred by the doctrine of laches and so entered judgment for the company. 139 F.Supp.2d 976 (C.D.Ill.2001).
Gorman had signed a three-year collective bargaining agreement with a Teamsters local in 1991. The agreement required Gorman to contribute to a Teamsters welfare trust a…
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