Legal Opinion
Honolulu Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committee of United Ass'n Local Union No. 675 v. Foster
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 19, 2003No. Nos. 01-16596, 01-16641PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Chief Judge.
This appeal arises from a union’s action to recover the costs of training James H. Foster, III as an apprentice in the plumbing and pipefitting industry. Honolulu Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee of United Association Local Union No. 675 (“HJA”) trained Foster for four- and-a-half years on the condition that he work for a union employer upon completion of his apprenticeship. Foster breached his end of the deal by working for a non-union employer and failing to repay the $13,183.92 that HJA expended in training him. HJA brought this action under ERISA, 29…
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