Browe v. CTC Corp.

Christina Reiss, United States District Court Judge

ENTRY ORDER

Christina Reiss, United States District Court Judge

On May 10, 2023, Defendants CTC Corporation and Bruce Laumeister (collectively, “Defendants”) filed a motion for payment of Plan benefits and requested the court “permit Defendants' counsel to pay [P]lan benefits to all but two (2) of the CTC Plan Participants” (Plaintiffs Donna Browe and Lucille Launderville) “from the escrow account counsel holds” pursuant to court Order. (Doc. 361 at 1.) Defendants “plan to appeal the award of Plan benefits to Lucille Launderville and Donna Browe on the statute of limitations issue.” Id. at 3.

Pursuant to this court's orders of December 16, 2022 (Doc. 337) and April 17, 2023 (Doc. 359), the following amounts are owed to each Plan Participant:

Eileen Bliss	$ 91,980
Donna Browe	$ 94,461
Steve Brown	$ 49,773
Beverly Burgess Estate	$ 94,107
Bill Elliot	$ 7,174
Sharon Fish	$ 33,458
Ed Hojonowski	$ 61,477

Pat DeCoff	$ 13,005
Phil Jordan	$ 83,348
Lucille Launderville	$189,514
Hope Leonard	$ 16,829
Don Loseby	*
Wayne Massari	$ 22,437
Garry Pleasant	$ 23,881
Robin Secord	$ 34,758
Marvin Smith	$ 13,714
Total Restoration Award	$ 829,915

Pursuant to this court's orders of December 16, 2022 the judgment against Lucille Launderville for contribution is now $414,957.50. (Doc. 337 at 27.)

Plaintiffs consent to the payment of Plan benefits pursuant to the court's remedial order without a waiver of Plaintiffs' rights under ERISA.

Defendants are hereby ORDERED to pay from their counsel's trust account the following amounts to the following Plan Participants:

Eileen Bliss	$ 91,980
Steve Brown	$ 49,773
Beverly Burgess Estate	$ 94,107
Bill Elliot	$ 7,174
Sharon Fish	$ 33,458
EdHojonowski	$ 61,477
Pat DeCoff	$ 13,005
Phil Jordan	$ 83,348
Hope Leonard	$ 16,829
Wayne Massari	$ 22,437
Garry Pleasant	$ 23,881
Robin Secord	$ 34,758
Marvin Smith	$ 13,714

To protect Plan participants and to provide a clear record, the court ORDERS:

1. That all participants be sent, along with payments, a simple notice and receipt in a form agreed to by the parties or ordered by the [c]ourt;

2. That materials sent to participants refrain from requiring or purporting to require any waiver of rights under ERISA; and

3. That Defendants file a report, within 30 days after issuance of this order directing payment, which states the dates on which checks were sent to each participant, states whether each check has cleared or remains outstanding, and includes copies of all receipts returned from participants.

(Doc. 362 at 2.)

SO ORDERED.