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Parties Involved:
Laborers Pension Trust Fund for Northern California
Plaintiff
Laborers Training and Retraining Trust Fund for Northern California
Plaintiff
Laborers Vacation-Holiday Trust Fund for Northern California
Plaintiff
Marinship Construction Services, Inc.
Defendant
Jose Moreno
Plaintiff
Derek H. Smith
Defendant
Larry Totten
Plaintiff

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR DEFAULT JDGMT. AGAINST MARINSHIP 

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. AND D. SMITH [CASE NO. C-05-01802 SI]

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James P. Watson (SBN 046127) 

Bruce K. Leigh (SBN 129753) 

Anne Bevington (SBN 111320) 

Andrea J. Kirkpatrick (SBN 229363) 

STANTON, KAY & WATSON, LLP 

101 New Montgomery, Fifth Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Telephone: (415) 512-3501 

Facsimile: (415) 512-3515 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOSE MORENO as CHAIRMAN and LARRY 

TOTTEN as CO-CHAIRMAN of the BOARD OF 

TRUSTEES FOR THE LABORERS HEALTH 

AND WELFARE TRUST FUND FOR 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; LABORERS 

VACATION-HOLIDAY TRUST FUND FOR 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA; LABORERS 

PENSION TRUST FUND FOR NORTHERN 

CALIFORNIA; and LABORERS TRAINING 

AND RETRAINING TRUST FUND FOR 

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

MARINSHIP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, 

INC., a California corporation; and DEREK H. 

SMITH, an Individual, 

 Defendants. 

Case No.: C-05-01802 SI 

[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING 

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR DEFAULT 

JUDGMENT AGAINST MARINSHIP 

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. AND 

DEREK H. SMITH 

DATE: Friday, November 18, 2005 

TIME: 9:00 a.m. 

CTRM: 10, 19th Floor 

JUDGE: The Honorable Susan Ilston 

Having received the Summons and Complaint in the within action, together with appropriate 

proofs of service, and no response having been received from defendants MARINSHIP 

CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC., a California corporation, and DEREK H. SMITH, an 

Individual, within the time permitted by law, the Court entered the default of the above-named 

defendants in the action herein on August 17, 2005. 

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Now, upon hearing the motion of plaintiffs and considering its supporting declarations, 

exhibits, and memorandum of points and authorities, the Court hereby ORDERS, ADJUDGES AND 

DECREES as follows: 

1. On their First Cause of Action, plaintiffs shall have and recover from the above-named 

defendants, MARINSHIP CONSTRUCTION SERVICES, INC. and DEREK H. SMITH, the sum of 

$47,076.61 for unpaid contributions, $1,755.94 for interest thereon to March 31, 2005, and $600.00

for liquidated damages. 

2. On their Second Cause of Action, the Court grants plaintiffs’ demand for an injunction 

requiring defendant to submit to an audit of its financial records. Defendant shall immediately submit 

to an audit and shall grant plaintiffs access to its premises and to those financial records that 

plaintiffs require to conduct the audit. These financial records shall include, but shall not be limited 

to, the following documents: 

Individual earnings records; federal tax forms W-3/W-2 and 1069/1099; reporting 

forms for all Trust Funds, State DE-3/DE-6 Tax Reports; Workers’ Compensation 

insurance; employee time cards; payroll registers/journals; quarterly payroll tax returns 

(Form 941); check register and supporting cash vouchers; forms 1120, 1040 or 

partnership tax returns; general ledger; source records, including time cards and time 

card summaries for all employees; certified payroll reports; personnel records 

indicating job classifications and hire/termination dates; cash disbursement journal; 

vendor invoices; copies of subcontract agreements; cash receipts journal; job cost 

records; records of related entities; and any other books and records that may be 

necessary to complete the auditor’s determination or provide additional explanation of 

defendants’ financial records. 

3. Plaintiffs shall have and recover their costs in the amount of $654.48. 

4. Plaintiffs shall have and recover their attorneys fees in the sum of $9,045.00, which 

represents the reasonable value of the time spent by plaintiffs’ counsel in prosecution of this action. 

5. Thus, the total sum of this monetary judgment is $59,132.03. 

6. The court retains jurisdiction over this matter to ensure that defendant complies with 

this Order and, should the audit ordered above disclose further amounts due to plaintiffs from 

defendant, to entertain a motion for a further money judgment. 

7. Pursuant to the provisions of the applicable Trust Agreements for the plaintiff Trust 

Funds, plaintiffs shall be entitled to interest on the unpaid amount of this money judgment until fully 

paid at the rate provided in Section 28A of the Laborers Master Agreement and to such reasonable 

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costs and attorneys fees as may be reasonably incurred by plaintiffs to enforce any part of this 

judgment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: ____________ 2005 ______________________________ 

 SUSAN ILLSTON 

 UNITED STATES JUDGE 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

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