Finding Common Control, 7th Circuit Affirms Property Owners’ Withdrawal Liability

Mealey's (July 9, 2021, 11:02 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — Property owners giving a corporation that they owned rent-free use of the property was engaging “in a trade or business under common control,” the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled July 7, affirming the judgment of a federal court in Illinois that the individuals — along with other entities — are personally liable for the corporation’s withdrawal liability to a multiemployer defined pension plan fund....