LOS ANGELES – A North Hollywood business is alleged to have failed to pay contributions to labor union funds.
Board of directors of the Motion Picture Industry Pension Plan; board of directors of the Motion Picture Industry Individual Account Plan; board of directors of the Motion Picture Industry Health Plan filed a complaint on May 26 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Rosen Hill LLC, doing business as Costume Co-Op, citing the Employee Retirement Income Security Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiffs allege that they suffered damages due to unpaid and late paid contributions. The plaintiffs hold Rosen Hill LLC responsible because the defendant allegedly breached their bargaining agreement with the plaintiff by not paying monthly contribution on behalf of their employees.
The plaintiffs seek unpaid contributions of $30,413.62; $925.70 owed for the period of Nov. 20, 2013, through July 25, 2015; interest; liquidated damages; audit costs of $3,000; all legal fees; and any other relief as the court deems just. They are represented by Kathryn J. Halford, Elizabeth Rosenfeld and Armine Alajajian of Wohlner Kaplon Cutler Halford & Rosenfeld in Encino.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, Western Division case number 2:17-cv-03956-DMG-AJW