Employee Painters' Trust Resilient Floorcovering Pension Fund Western Washington Floor Covering Apprenticeship Fund Western Washington Floor Covering Industry Promotion

480 F.3d 993 EMPLOYEE PAINTERS' TRUST; Resilient Floorcovering Pension Fund; Western Washington Floor Covering Apprenticeship Fund; Western Washington Floor Covering Industry Promotion Fund; Rebound Trust; Carpet Linoleum & Soft Tile Layers Local Union 1238 IUPAT, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ETHAN ENTERPRISES, INC., a Washington corporation; Rebecca Johnson, individually; Gregory S. Tift, individually, Defendants-Appellants. No. 05-35270. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 16, 2006. Filed March 16, 2007. Randolph W. Urmston, Hendricks & Lewis, Seattle, WA, for the appellants. Robert A. Bohrer, Ekman, Bohrer & Thulin, Seattle, WA, for the appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington; Ricardo S. Martinez, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-03-02904-RSM. Before: RYMER, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges. BERZON, Circuit Judge: 1 Several trusts that administer employee benefit plans sued for delinquent contributions. Appellants, Ethan Enterprises and two of its officers, failed to participate in much of the litigation, and a default judgment was entered against them for roughly a…