Company Owners Personally Liable for $3.1 Million Withdrawal Liability Assessment — Owners’ Lease of Commercial Property to Company Constituted “Trade or Business”

By on April 22, 2013

by Jonathan J. Boyles, Paul J. Compernolle and David Diaz

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that owners can be personally liable for multiemployer withdrawal liability where the owner leases property to its own closely held corporation.  The decision highlights the dangers of related-party transactions, failing to observe business formalities and holding property personally.

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