Legal Opinion
International Painters & Allied Trades Union & Industry Pension Fund v. H.W. Ellis Painting Co.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 27, 2003No. CIV.A. 03-1125(ESH)PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HUVELLE, District Judge.
Defendant H.W. Ellis Painting Company, Inc. (“Ellis”) has filed motions to set aside the entry of default and to vacate the default judgment entered on behalf of the International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund (“the Fund”), which had filed this action under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as amended by the Mul-tiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980, 29 U.S.C. § 1145. Because the Court finds defendant’s proposed defenses to be without merit, its failure to answer was deliberate, and a potential…
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