Cement Masons Pension Fund v. William A. Randolph, Inc.

Case Date: 06/20/2005
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-03-1670 Rel

FIRST DIVISION
June 20, 2005



No. 1-03-1670

CEMENT MASONS PENSION FUND, LOCAL
803; CEMENT MASONS INSTITUTE OF
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS; CEMENT MASONS
SAVINGS FUND, LOCAL 803; CEMENT
MASONS APPRENTICE EDUCATIONAL AND
TRAINING FUND, LOCAL 803,

          Plaintiffs-Appellants,

          v.

WILLIAM A. RANDOLPH, INC.,

          Defendant-Appellee.

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Appeal from the
Circuit Court
of Cook County.






No. 02 M1 181205

Honorable
John G. Laurie,
Judge Presiding.


JUSTICE O'MALLEY delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, fringe benefit funds administrators, sued defendant, William A. Randolph, Inc., for the failure of its subcontractor to pay its employees the prevailing wage pursuant to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (the Act) (820 ILCS 130/1 et seq. (West 1998)). Defendant moved for dismissal arguing that: (1) the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) 514 U.S.C.