The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has for the first time recognized that a company buying the assets of another can be liable for delinquent contributions to a multi-employer union pension or health fund.
Such successor liability can exist if the buyer had notice of the shortfall prior to the sale and there was continuity of operations between the seller and buyer, the court held on Jan. 21.
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