Amalgamated Cotton Garment & Allied Industries Fund v. Dion

MONTEMURO, Judge:

This matter is before the court on the appeal of Bernard Dion from the lower court’s order granting judgment on the pleadings in favor of appellee, Amalgamated Cotton Garment and Allied Industries Fund. The basis of the lower court’s judgment was that, under the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (hereinafter “WPCL”), 1 appellant as an admitted officer of a corporation which had breached an agreement to make contributions to appellee, was individually liable for those contributions. Appellant raises two arguments in this appeal: (1) that the WPCL is preempted by…