Seventh Circuit Reverses Judgment in Benefit Fund Dispute

Secured reversal by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit of a district court judgment in favor of an employee benefit fund involving the potential personal liability of a company officer. The Seventh Circuit agreed that the officer’s execution of the agreement in his representative capacity, when contrasted with language providing for potential personal liability, created a genuine issue of fact. The court remanded the matter for further proceedings and also reversed the award of attorneys’ fees to the fund.