North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters' Pension Fund et al v. Labor Management Cooperation Trust Fund et al

Filing 23

DEFAULT JUDGMENT in favor pf plaintiffs in the amount of $ 6,820.39. (BBC / PAO). Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 12/5/2013. (voc)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS' PENSION FUND,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS' HEALTH FUND,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS' VACATION FUND,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS' APPRENTICESHIP & JOURNEYMAN
TRAINING FUND,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS' DEFINED CONTRIBUTION PENSION
FUND, LABOR MANAGEMENT COOPERATION TRUST
FUND and MERT SUMMERS (in his capacity as trustee),
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION FUND,
NORTH CENTRAL STATES REGIONAL COUNCIL OF
CARPENTERS,
Plaintiffs,

v.

Case No. 13-CV-542

A2Z FLOORING BY LOCKHART, INC. and
STEVEN LOCKHART,
Defendants.

ORDER AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
AS TO DEFENDANT A2Z FLOORING BY LOCKHART, INC.

Request and motion for default judgment brought by the Plaintiffs in the abovecaptioned action were submitted to the Court and filed with the clerk. This action having
come on hearing before the Court, the issues having been duly heard, and a decision
having been duly rendered, the Court orders as follows:

1.

Defendant A2Z Flooring by Lockhart, Inc. has failed to plead or otherwise

defend as provided by Rule 55(a) of the Fed. R. Civ. P.
2.

Defendant A2Z Flooring by Lockhart, Inc. violated the Labor-Management

Relations Act of 1947, as amended, as well as the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the effective collective bargaining agreements
by failing to pay fringe benefit contributions on behalf of its employees to the Plaintiff
Funds.
3.

As a result of Defendant's failure, Plaintiffs are entitled to damages

consisting of unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages, attorney fees and
costs.
4.

The court assesses the total damages to the Plaintiffs in the sum of

$6,820.39.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Plaintiffs, North Central
States Regional Council of Carpenters' Pension Fund, North Central States Regional
Council of Carpenters' Health Fund, North Central States Regional Council of
Carpenters' Vacation Fund, North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters'
Apprenticeship & Journeyman Training Fund, North Central States Regional Council of
Carpenters' Defined Contribution Pension Fund, Labor Management Cooperation Trust
Fund, Mert Summers, Contract Administration Fund and North Central States Regional
Council of Carpenters, recover from the Defendant A2Z Flooring by Lockhart, Inc. and
that the Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiffs and against
Defendant A2Z Flooring by Lockhart, Inc. in the amount of $6,820.39 together with
interest at the rate allowed by law.

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin,

this~ day of~~013.

Dated and approved as to form this 'fU.. day of 1J e.~. 2013.
BY THE COURT:

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U. S. District Court Judge