Caporale v. Shannon Plumbing Co.

Plaintiffs, as trustees of various funds, filed a complaint seeking to recover amounts which the defendants failed over a period of time to contribute to the funds, as required by collective bargaining agreement. After a bench trial, judgment was entered for the plaintiffs and against defendants, who appeal on the ground that a former adjudication as to part of the period involved bars recovery as to that part.

In 1971 the plaintiffs, as trustees of the Laborers’ Pension Fund Laborers’ Welfare Fund and Laborers’ Holiday Fund of the Construction and General Laborers’ District Council of Chicago…