Bay Area Roofers Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Platinum Roofing, Inc.

INTRODUCTION

17 In this collection and enforcement action brought under LMRA and ERISA, plaintiffs 18 move for default judgment and seek an award of outstanding unpaid fringe benefit contributions 19 with added liquidated damages and interest. For the reasons stated below, default judgment is 20 GRANTED for plaintiffs and against defendant.

STATEMENT

22 Plaintiffs Bay Area Roofers Health & Welfare Trust Fund, Pacific Coast Roofers Pension 23 Plan, East Bay-North Bay Roofers Vacation Trust Fund, Bay Area Counties Roofing Industry 24 Promotion Fund, Bay Area Counties Roofing Industry Apprenticeship Training Fund, National 25 Roofing Industry Pension Fund, and trustees Douglas Ziegler and Robert Rios (collectively 26 “plaintiffs”) seek unpaid fringe benefit contributions with added liquidated damages and interest 27 from defendant Platinum Roofing, Inc. (“Platinum”). Plaintiffs are multi-employer employee benefit trust funds subject to LMRA and ERISA. Employers make fringe benefit contributions to plaintiffs pursuant to the requirement of a Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) (Compl. at 1). Defendant Platinum is an employer engaged in the roofing,…