9th Circuit: Arbitrator Authorized To Enter Judgment For Multiemployer Pension Plan

(January 21, 2020, 1:09 PM EST) -- in favor of a multiemployer pension plan trust and against two car dealerships that assessed a withdrawal liability penalty under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act because the arbitrator was authorized to enter summary judgment for the trust and because the arbitrator provided the dealerships with the opportunity to contest the trust’s motion by submitting evidence during the arbitration proceedings, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals said Jan. 9 in affirming a district court’s enforcement of the arbitration award in favor of the trust (Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund et al., v. South City Motors Inc., Nos. 18-16170, 18-16173, 9th Cir.)....