Schlecht v. Bliss

Plaintiffs, trustees of four employee benefit trust funds, filed four suits in equity against the defendant, a roofing contractor, to require defendant to remit certain amounts to the trustees for the benefit of defendant’s employees. Specifically, the suits sought an audit of defendant’s payroll records for the period of June 17, 1969, to the date of trial, May 24, 1973; an accounting for the amounts found owing to the trusts during that time; and for liquidated damages of 10 per cent of the amounts found due. The cases were consolidated for trial and appeal. The trial court ordered an audit…