June 01, 2022
A Teamsters pension fund asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to overturn a Second Circuit ruling allowing a wholesale grocer to avoid paying it $58 million, arguing that the appeals court's ruling misinterpreted federal laws designed to prevent employers from using corporate transactions to skirt liability.
February 11, 2022
A Teamsters pension fund has asked the Second Circuit to rethink allowing a wholesale grocer to avoid paying it $58 million, saying the court failed to properly apply a section of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act designed to prevent employers from using corporate transactions to skirt payment liability.
January 27, 2022
The Second Circuit on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a wholesale grocer was not responsible for a $58 million payment to a Teamsters pension fund, ruling the grocer wasn't a successor to the now-bankrupt company that operated the warehouse where the union members worked.
November 06, 2020
A wholesale grocer urged the Second Circuit to uphold a lower court ruling that found it not responsible for a $58 million payment to a Teamsters' pension fund, arguing it was not the successor to the company that operated the warehouse where the union members worked.