Donna Browe, et al. v. CTC Corporation, et al.

Burlington, Vermont employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a wrongful refusal to pay E.R.I.S.A. benefits.





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



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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;



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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.

Browe v. CTC Corp. (D. Vt. 2023)

NOTICE OF APPEAL as to 375 Judgment by Donna Browe, Tyler Burgess, Estate of Beverly Burgess, Bonnie Jamieson, Philip Jordan, Lucille Launderville (Stasny, John) (Entered: 08/31/2023)