Peick v. Murray

Plaintiff trustees brought this action to recover $16,979.17 allegedly owed to them by defendant William Murray under the terms of an employee welfare trust and benefit plan. The trustees sought a declaratory judgment to compel defendant, as a participant of the benefit plan, to repay those benefits allegedly improperly paid to him for an illness. The trial court granted defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint, and plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs are trustees of the Local 705 International Teamsters health and welfare fund (welfare fund), an employee welfare trust and benefit plan. The trust…