Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Stump & Sons, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE Case No. 20-cv-01791-JSC
LABORERS HEALTH AND WELFARE
TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, et al., ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO DEFENDANT Plaintiffs, 10 v.
STUMP & SONS, INC.,
12 Defendant. 13 Plaintiffs Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California, et al., filed this ERISA action against Stump & Sons, Inc., alleging breach of a collective bargaining agreement that required Stump & Sons to pay monthly employee fringe benefit contributions to the trust funds administered by Plaintiffs. (Dkt. No. 1.) On May 21, 2020, Defendant filed an answer to the complaint pro se though Ms. Joann Morgan who indicates that Defendant cannot afford an attorney. (Dkt. No. 12 at 6-7.) However, a corporation cannot be represented by a non-attorney. See Civ. L.R. 3-9(b) (“A corporation, unincorporated association, partnership or other such entity may appear only through a member of the bar of this Court.”);…