Split 3rd Circuit Decides Withdrawal Liability Row For Multiemployer Fund

( April 4, 2025, 12:12 PM EDT) -- PHILADELPHIA — Reversing dismissal of the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980 (MPPAA) case, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said in a 2-1 ruling that a multiemployer pension plan that was still owed the bulk of a roughly $40 million withdrawal liability settlement agreement when the withdrawn employers filed for bankruptcy can sue other commonly controlled companies....