Employee Painters' Trust Health & Welfare Fund et al v. Freemire et al, No. 3:2011cv05456 - Document 21 (W.D. Wash. 2012)

Court Description: ORDER granting 18 Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment by Judge Karen L Strombom.(TW)

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Employee Painters' Trust Health & Welfare Fund et al v. Freemire et al 1 Doc. 21 HONORABLE KAREN L. STROMBOM 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT TACOMA 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 EMPLOYEE PAINTERS' TRUST HEALTH & ) CASE NO.: 3:11-cv-05456-KLS WELFARE FUND; WESTERN ) WASHINGTON PAINTERS DEFINED ) CONTRIBUTION PENSION TRUST; ) DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 5 ) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING TRUST ) MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT FUND; WESTERN WASHINGTON ) PAINTERS LABOR MANAGEMENT ) COOPERATION TRUST; INTERNATIONAL ) UNION OF PAINTERS AND ALLIED ) TRADES INDUSTRY PENSION FUND; and ) INTERNATIONAL UNION OF PAINTERS ) AND ALLIED TRADES DISTRICT COUNCIL ) NO. 5, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) vs. ) ) STEVEN RAY FREEMIRE and JOAN MARIE ) FREEMIRE, husband and wife and the marital ) community comprised thereof; and PICTURE ) PERFECT PAINTING, INC., a Washington ) corporation, ) ) Defendants. ) 21 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 1 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com Dockets.Justia.com 1 I. 2 JUDGMENT SUMMARY 3 1. Judgment Creditors: Employee Painters’ Trust Health & Welfare Fund; Western 4 Washington Painters Defined Contribution Pension Trust; District Council No. 5 Apprenticeship 5 and Training Trust Fund Western Washington Painters Labor Management Cooperation Trust; 6 International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund; International Union Of 7 Painters And Allied Trades District Council No. 5 8 9 2. Judgment Debtors: Picture Perfect Painting, Inc.; Joan Marie Freemire; Steven Ray Freemire 10 3. Judgment Amount: $120,093.61 11 Consisting of the following amounts 12 a. Contributions: $73,602.22 13 b. Liquidated Damages: $18,794.41 14 c. Accrued Interest: $5,608.47 15 d. Audit Costs: $2,549.00 16 e. Attorney’s Fees & Costs: $19,539.51 17 4. 18 /// 19 /// 20 /// 21 Judgment Amount shall bear interest at 12% per annum /// 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 2 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com 1 5. Attorneys for Judgment Creditors: 2 3 4 5 6 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN Evan L. James, Esq. WSBA #44654 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 462-4045/(702) 255-1718 F. (425) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871 elj@cjmlv.com THE URBAN LAW FIRM Michael A. Urban, Esq. WSBA #20251 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(702) 968-8087 F. (425) 462-5638/(702) 968-8088 murban@theurbanlawfirm.com 7 8 9 10 11 12 6. Attorneys for Judgment Debtors: 13 14 15 16 LAW OFFICE OF MARK B. MOBURG PLLC Mark B. Moburg, Esq. WSBA #19463 2135 – 112th Avenue NE, Suite 230 Bellevue, Washington 98004 P. (425) 818-4828 F. (425) 451-2661 mark@moburglaw.com 17 II. 18 19 20 21 ORDER Pursuant to the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment [Doc. 18], and the Court having considered Plaintiffs’ Motion and supporting papers, with Exhibits 1 – 6 and supporting 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 3 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com 1 declarations, defendants’ opposition (if any), and the Plaintiffs’ reply, as well as the pleadings, 2 files and records in this matter, and the Court otherwise being generally advised, it is hereby 3 ORDERED that the Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment is granted. The Plaintiffs 4 shall be awarded a Judgment against Defendants Picture Perfect Painting, Inc., Joan Marie 5 Freemire and Steven Ray Freemire (collectively “Defendants”) in the amount of $120,093.61 as 6 outlined in judgment summary item no. 3, above, which represent contributions covering the 7 period September 2009 through September 2012 in the amount of $73,602.22; liquidated 8 damages in the amount of $18,794.41; prejudgment accrued interest in the amount of $5,608.47; 9 audit costs in the amount of $2,549.00; and attorney’s fees and costs in the amount of 10 11 $19,539.51, for a total amount owing of $120,093.61. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this Judgment shall accrue interest on the total 12 unpaid balance of the Judgment at the rate of 12% per annum, pursuant to the terms of the Trust 13 Agreements to which the defendants are bound. 14 Dated this 28th day of December, 2012. 15 A 16 Karen L. Strombom United States Magistrate Judge 17 18 19 20 21 Submitted by: CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN /s/ Evan L. James Evan L. James, Esq. 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 4 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com 1 2 WSBA #44654 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 elj@cjmlv.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 5 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com 1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 2 I hereby certify that on November 16, 2012, I personally transmitted the foregoing 3 Proposed Order Granting Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment, to the party set forth below 4 5 6 pursuant to the authorization granted by F.R.C.P. 5(b)(E): MARK B. MOBURG mark@moburglaw.com 7 Christensen James & Martin 8 By: /s/ Evan L. James Evan L. James 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 CHRISTENSEN JAMES & MARTIN 23 24 25 ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT (3:11-cv-05456-KLS) Page 6 AND THE URBAN LAW FIRM 800 Bellevue Way NE, Suite 400 Bellevue, WA 98004 P. (425) 646-2394/(425) 462-4045 F. (423) 462-5638/(702) 255-0871/(702) 968-8088 elj@cjmlv.com murban@theurbanlawfirm.com

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