Hotel Employees & Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund v. Gentner

50 F.3d 719 63 USLW 2602 , 19 Employee Benefits Cas. 1001 , Pens. Plan Guide P 23906X HOTEL EMPLOYEES & RESTAURANT EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION WELFARE FUND, a multiemployer employee benefit fund; Edward T. Hanley; Patrick J. Kane, as Trustees, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Virgil GENTNER; Virgil R. Gentner, Chartered, a Professional Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-15684. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 17, 1994 * . Decided March 21, 1995. Diana L.S. Peters, Feder & Associates, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellants. James R. Olson, Rawlings, Olson & Cannon, Las Vegas, NV, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before: LAY, ** PREGERSON, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges. LAY, Circuit Judge: 1 The Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International Union Welfare Fund, et al. ("the Fund") appeal the district court's dismissal of their claims against Virgil R. Gentner, an attorney representing Joseph K. Newell, a Fund beneficiary. BACKGROUND 2 On April 2, 1987, a car struck and severely injured Newell. At the time, Newell was a participant in Plan Unit 150 of the Fund,…