Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Friedlander Rodriguez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION CENTRAL STATES, SOUTHEAST ) AND SOUTHWEST AREAS PENSION ) FUND, and CHARLES A. WHOBREY, ) as Trustee ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No. 18-cv-7226 ) v. ) Hon. Jorge L. Alonso ) AUDREY FRIEDLANDER RODRIGUEZ, ) ) Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER After a plan participant died, plaintiffs mistakenly continued to pay his pension for roughly seven months. Plaintiffs, seeking return of the overpayments, filed suit against the participant’s widow and moved for summary judgment. I. BACKGROUND Local Rule 56.1 outlines…