Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund v. L.A. Smith & Son Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES PENSION Case No. 3:22-cv-07747-JD TRUST FUND, et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER RE DEFAULT JUDGMENT 9 v. 10 L.A. SMITH & SON INC., et al., 11 Defendants.

12 Plaintiffs Automotive Industries Pension Trust Fund (Pension Fund) and its Board of Trustees sued defendants L.A. Smith & Sons Inc. (L.A. Smith), Kirk D. Smith, and Michael Shane Leasure dba Auto Body Express, seeking a money judgment for defendants’ withdrawal liability under Section 4203 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29 U.S.C. § 1383. See Dkt. No. 1. Plaintiffs and Leasure jointly stipulated to Leasure’s dismissal. Dkt. No. 14. For the remaining defendants, L.A. Smith and Kirk D. Smith, plaintiffs ask for a default judgment for defendants’ withdrawal liability, liquidated damages, and attorney’s fees and costs. Dkt. No. 30. Default judgment is granted.1 DEFAULT JUDGMENT Under Rule 55(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a party may apply…