United States Sixth Circuit

In plaintiffs' lawsuit against defendants employers brought under LMRA and ERISA, district court's grant of defendants' motion for summary judgment is reversed and remanded with instructions to enter summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs as a finding of employer intent is not essential or prerequisite to imposition of alter ego status, but is merely one of the relevant factors which the courts can consider.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/11/2009
• Decided 09/17/2009
• Published 09/17/2009

Judges

• Before: BATCHELDER, Chief Judge; DAUGHTREY and MOORE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Walter B. Fisher Jr., Fildew Hinks, PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Steven A. Wright, Steven A. Wright, P.C., Shelby Township, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF:Walter B. Fisher Jr., Charles S. Kennedy, III, Fildew Hinks, PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants. Steven A. Wright, Sandra L. Wright, Patrick J. Carleton, Steven A. Wright, P.C., Shelby Township, Michigan, Gene J. Esshaki, Abbott Nicholson, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees.