Iron Workers St. Louis District Council Annuity Trust et al v. Innovative Concrete, LLC

Filing 7

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER... IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion for an Order compelling an accounting is GRANTED. (Doc. No. 4 .) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant shall submit its payroll registers and other docume nts needed to perform an audit to an auditor of Plaintiffs' choice, within 21 days of the date of this Memorandum and Order. Failure to comply with this Order may result in a finding of civil contempt against Defendant and the imposi tion of sanctions including a fine and/or incarceration. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this Memorandum and Order on Defendant by whatever means they believe to be most effective, and shall promptly file a certifi cate of such service. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall have 14 days after completion of the audit to file a properly supported motion for default judgment. If said motion is not filed prior to March 27, 2015, Plaintiff shall file a status report with the Court on or before that date. ( Response to Court due by 3/27/2015.) Signed by District Judge Audrey G. Fleissig on 2/11/2015. (NEB)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
EASTERN DIVISION
IRON WORKERS S. LOUIS DISTRICT
COUNCIL ANNUITY TRUST, et al.,
Plaintiffs,
vs.
INNOVATIVE CONCRETE, LLC,
Defendant.

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Case No. 4:14CV02066 AGF

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiffs= motion for an order compelling
Defendant Innovative Concrete, LLC, to account to Plaintiffs, by means of an audit, for all
amounts owing to Plaintiffs from June 1, 2014, as a result of delinquent payments to
employee benefit funds governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29
U.S.C. ' 1001, et seq. (“ERISA”). On February 9, 2015, the Clerk of Court entered
default against Defendant. Plaintiffs now seek the audit so that they can determine the
amount of Defendant=s liability. Defendant has not responded to the motion.
Requiring an audit is an appropriate form of relief in an ERISA case for delinquent
benefits where the amount of the delinquency is not known. Int=l Painters & Allied
Trades Indus. Pension Fund v. R.W. Amrine Drywall Co., 239 F. Supp. 2d 26, 33 (D.D.C.
2002) (stating that an audit Apromote[s] the legislative intent of ERISA@); Am. Piles, Inc.,
2002 WL 31626972(S.D.N.Y. Nov. 21, 2002) (specifying documents to be produced for an
audit).

Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs= motion for an Order compelling an
accounting is GRANTED. (Doc. No. 4.)
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant shall submit its payroll registers and
other documents needed to perform an audit to an auditor of Plaintiffs= choice, within 21
days of the date of this Memorandum and Order. Failure to comply with this Order
may result in a finding of civil contempt against Defendant and the imposition of
sanctions including a fine and/or incarceration.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall effect service of this
Memorandum and Order on Defendant by whatever means they believe to be most
effective, and shall promptly file a certificate of such service.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs shall have 14 days after completion
of the audit to file a properly supported motion for default judgment. If said motion is not
filed prior to March 27, 2015, Plaintiff shall file a status report with the Court on or before
that date.

AUDREY G. FLEISSIG
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated this 11th day of February, 2015