Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund et al v. Don Praeger & Sons, Inc. et al

Filing 23

DEFAULT JUDGMENT in favor of Building & Public Works Laborers Vacation Fund, Building Trades United Pension Trust Fund, Industry Advancement Program/Contract Administration Fund, Wisconsin Laborers Apprenticeship and Training Fund, Wisconsin Laborer s District Council, Wisconsin Laborers Health Fund, Wisconsin Laborers Industry Advancement Program Fund, Wisconsin Laborers-Employers Cooperation and Education Trust Fund, John J. Schmitt, Scott J. Redman against Don Praeger & Sons, Inc. in the amount of $ 16,686.87. Signed by District Judge Barbara B. Crabb on 7/30/14. (jat)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN

BUILDING TRADES UNITED PENSION TRUST FUND
and SCOTT REDMAN (in his capacity as Trustee),
INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION FUND,

PROGRAM/CONTRACT

WISCONSIN LABORERS HEALTH FUND, BUILDING
& PUBLIC WORKS LABORERS VACATION FUND,
WISCONSIN LABORERS APPRENTICESHIP AND
TRAINING FUND, WISCONSIN LABORERS
INDUSTRY ADVANCEMENT PROGRAM FUND and
JOHN J. SCHMITT (in his capacity as Trustee),
WISCONSIN LABORERS-EMPLOYERS
COOPERATION AND EDUCATION TRUST FUND,
WISCONSIN LABORERS DISTRICT COUNCIL,
Plaintiffs,
Case No. 14-cv-265

v.
DON PRAEGER & SONS, INC. AND
DONALD F. PRAEGER, JR.
Defendants.

ORDER AND ENTRY OF JUDGMENT
AS TO DEFENDANT DON PRAEGER & SONS, 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:

Case: 3:14-cv-00265-bbc

Document #: 10-1

Filed: 07/02/14

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Defendant Don Praeger & Sons, Inc. has failed to plead or otherwise

1.

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

Defendant

Don Praeger & Sons, 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

consisting

of unpaid contributions,

failure,

Plaintiffs are entitled to damages

interest, liquidated

damages,

attorney fees and

costs.
4.

The court assesses

the total damages

to the Plaintiffs in the sum of

$16,686.87.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Plaintiffs, Building Trades
United Pension Trust Fund, Scott Redman, Industry Advancement

Program/Contract

Administration

& Public Works

Laborers

Fund, Wisconsin

Vacation

Laborers

Fund, Wisconsin

Laborers

Wisconsin Laborers Industry Advancement
Laborers-Employers

Health

Fund,

Building

Apprenticeship

and Training

Fund,

Program Fund, John J. Schmitt, Wisconsin

Cooperation and Education Trust Fund, and Wisconsin Laborers

District Council recover from the Defendant Don Praeger & Sons, Inc. and that the Clerk
of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiffs and against Defendant Don
Praeger & Sons, Inc. in the amount of $16,686.87 together with interest at the rate
allowed by law.

Case: 3:14-cv-00265-bbc

Document #: 10-1

Dated at Madison, Wisconsin, this

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Dated and approved as to form this ~K..day
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