Browe et al v. CTC Corporation et al

Filing 368

ENTRY ORDER re: 361 MOTION for Payment of Plan Benefits to Some Plan Participants. Signed by Judge Christina Reiss on 7/11/2023. (law)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE
DISTRICT OF VERMONT

DONNA BROWE, TYLER BURGESS,
BONNIE JAMIESON, PHILIP JORDAN,
LUCILLE LAUNDERVILLE, and
THE ESTATE OF BEYERL Y BURGESS,
Plaintiffs,
V.

CTC CORPORATION and
BRUCE LAUMEISTER,
Defendants.

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Case No. 2:15-cv-267

ENTRY ORDER
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
oflimitations 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
Donna Browe
Steve Brown
Beverly Burgess Estate
Bill Elliot
Sharon Fish
Ed Hojonowski

$
$
$
$
$
$
$

91,980
94,461
49,773
94,107
7,174
33,458
61,477

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Pat DeCoff
Phil Jordan
Lucille Launderville
Hope Leonard
Don Loseby
Wayne Massari
Garry Pleasant
Robin Secord
Marvin Smith

Total Restoration Award

$ 13,005
$ 83,348
$189,514
$ 16,829

*
$
$
$
$

22,437
23,881
34,758
13,714

$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
Steve Brown
Beverly Burgess Estate
Bill Elliot
Sharon Fish
Ed Hojonowski
Pat DeCoff
Phil Jordan
Hope Leonard
Wayne Massari
Garry Pleasant
Robin Secord
Marvin Smith

$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$

91,980
49,773
94,107
7,174
33,458
61,477
13,005
83,348
16,829
22,437
23,881
34,758
$ 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;
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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.

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Dated at Burlington, in the District of Vermont, this}!_ day of July, 2023.

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