Panel Says District Court Must Recalculate Award In Unpaid Contributions Suit

Mealey's (October 15, 2019, 11:51 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Oct. 10 vacated and remanded a district court’s award of damages and attorney fees in a dispute over unpaid health care benefit contributions after determining that the lower court erred in applying the delinquency policy's interest rate based on the effective date of a memorandum of agreement between the parties (Building Service 32BJ Health Fund v. Nutrition Management Services Co., et al., No. 18-2449, 2nd Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30327)....