Yegeta v. Baima

837 F.2d 380 10 Fed.R.Serv.3d 365 , 9 Employee Benefits Ca 1377 Thomas J. YESETA, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellee, v. Anthony S. BAIMA, Michael Baima, A. Baima, Inc., Rodney C. Miles, individually and as Executor under the Will of Anthony P. Baima, Deceased, and Andrew Hanley, Defendants-Counter-Plaintiffs-Appellants. No. 86-6686. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1987. Decided Jan. 15, 1988. Charles E. Weber, Gianni R. Driller, Keller, Weber & Dobrott, Irvine, Cal., for defendants-counter-plaintiffs-appellants. Arthur E. Schwimmer, and Patricia S. Brady, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-counter-defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before ANDERSON, FERGUSON and NOONAN, Circuit Judges. J. BLAINE ANDERSON, Circuit Judge: 1 A. Baima, Inc. ("Baima Inc.") and the additional defendants appeal a judgment for Thomas J. Yeseta ("Yeseta") for $34,099.67 on the main claim and a $22,750 attorneys' fees award. Yeseta's suit was based upon the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 U.S.C. Secs. 1001 , et seq. ("ERISA"). The defendants counterclaimed based on ERISA also.…