Teamsters Local 639-Employers Health Trust Fund v. Couplin

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TEAMSTERS LOCAL 639— EMPLOYERS HEALTH TRUST FUND et al., Plaintiffs, Case No. 25-cv-1835 (CRC) v. JEROME COUPLIN, Defendant. OPINION Teamsters Local 639 operates an employee benefit plan for its members. In 2020, the plan paid medical benefits to union member Jerome Couplin following a car accident. Mr. Couplin later received worker’s compensation settlement payments for the same accident. The plan rules required Couplin to reimburse the fund. He did not do so. So the plan and its trustees filed this lawsuit against him under the…