SAN FRANCISCO – Several unions are suing a California company alleging that it has not paid contributions.
Operating Engineers' Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California; Pension Trust Fund for Operating Engineers; Pensioned Operating Engineers' Health and Welfare Trust Fund; et al. filed a complaint on March 25 in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Beebe Diversified LP and Elizabeth Beebe, citing violation of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that between November 2015 and February, they suffered damages and interest as a result of unpaid contributions on behalf of their employees by the defendants.
The plaintiffs seek the following: compensation for all damages, interest on unpaid and late-paid contributions, all legal fees and any other relief as this court deems just. They are represented by Michele R. Stafford and Timothy A. Froehle of Saltzman & Johnson Law Corp. in San Francisco.
U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California Case number 3:16-cv-01482-KAW