Which of the following was the result on appeal in Laborer's Pension Fund v. A & C Envtl., Inc., the case in the text in which the defending employer claimed that an agreement entered into regarding payment of union dues wrongfully required payment for all defendant's employees when it should have required payment of dues for only a few employees who were working out- of-town within the area of the union involved?

A) That the defending employer had to pay no dues at all because a representative of the plaintiff wrongfully misrepresented the contents of the written document.
B) That the defending employer had to pay only the dues of the employees who were working out-of-town within the area of the union involved because a representative of the plaintiff wrongfully misrepresented the contents of the written document.
C) That although a representative of the plaintiff misinformed the defending employer of the contents of the written document, the defendant's representative had sufficient opportunity to read the document; and the defending employer was therefore liable for dues of all its employees.
D) That the defending employer was liable for all the dues regardless of whether a representative of the plaintiff misinformed the defending employer of the contents of the written document and regardless of whether the defendant's representative had an opportunity to read it.
E) That while the defending employer would be liable for all dues under common law, because of applicable federal labor law, the defending employer was liable for dues only for employees working out-of-town within the area of the union involved.

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Final Answer : C, Explanation :  The court ruled that despite the misrepresentation by the plaintiff's representative, the defendant's representative had ample opportunity to read the document. Therefore, the defending employer was held liable for the dues of all its employees.

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