Engineers Joint Welfare Fund et al v. Western New York Contractors, Inc. et al
Plaintiff: Engineers Joint Welfare Fund, Engineers Joint Pension Fund, Engineers Joint Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Fund, Engineers Joint Training Fund, Operating Engineers Local 17 Training Fund, Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 17, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 545 and International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 832
Defendant: Western New York Contractors, Inc. and Robert A. Valerino
Case Number: 5:2009cv00417
Filed: April 8, 2009
Court: US District Court for the Northern District of New York
Office: Labor: E.R.I.S.A. Office
County: Onondaga
Presiding Judge: David E. Peebles
Presiding Judge: Glenn T. Suddaby
Nature of Suit: None
Cause of Action: Federal Question
Jury Demanded By: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits

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February 28, 2012 Opinion or Order Filing 33 ORDER: denying the # 30 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 2/28/2012. {Copy sent to the pro se plaintiff by regular mail} (jmb)
January 19, 2011 Opinion or Order Filing 29 FINAL JUDGMENT: in favor of Plaintiffs Central Pension Fund of the International Union of Operating Engineers and Participating Employers, Engineers Joint Pension Fund, Engineers Joint Supplemental Unemployment Benefit Fund, Engineers Joint Training Fund, Engineers Joint Welfare Fund, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 17, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 545, International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 832, Operating Engineers Local 17 Training Fund against Robert A. Valerino in the total amount of $145,035.57. {Copy served upon Pro Se Defendant Robert A. Valerino by regular and certified mail} (jmb)
July 2, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 25 DECISION & ORDER: granting in part and denying in part the # 23 Motion for Partial Default Judgment against Defendant Robert A. Valerino. The Motion is GRANTED with respect to liability on Plaintiff's First, Second, Fourth and Fifth Causes of Action, including unpaid contributions, interest on unpaid contributions, liquidated damages and audit costs in the amount of $122,900.69. The Motion is DENIED without prejudice with respect to damages. It is further Ordered that within 30 days of this Order, plaintiff's counsel shall file documentation, including contemporaneous time records and expense calculations, that accurately reflect the hours that plaintiff's counsel and the paralegals expended on this action and the expe nses incurred herein. The Court shall retain jurisdiction in this matter to enter judgment against defendant Western New York Contractors, Inc., in the event that its Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding is dismissed or closed by the Bankruptcy Court. Signed by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 7/2/2010. {Copy served upon defendant Robert Valerino by regular mail} (jmb)
March 12, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 21 DECISION & ORDER: Accepting and Adopting the # 20 Report and Recommendation in its entirety. It is Ordered that defendant Robert Valerino's Answer is STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD. The Clerk is directed to enter default against defendant Robert Valerino, and Plaintiff's are permitted to file a Motion for Default Judgment against him. Signed by Judge Glenn T. Suddaby on 3/12/2010. (jmb) {Copy served upon defendant Robert Valerino by regular mail}
January 4, 2010 Opinion or Order Filing 20 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: Recommending that defendant Robert Valerino's answer (docket # 7 ) to plaintiff's # 1 Complaint be STRICKEN FROM THE RECORD, and that the Court Clerk enter a Clerk's Entry of Default. Thereafter plaintiff 's shall be permitted to file a motion for Default Judgment against Robert Valerino. Objections to R&R due by 1/19/2010. Signed by Magistrate Judge David E. Peebles on 1/4/2010. {Copy served upon defendant Valerino at his last known address} (jmb)
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Plaintiff: Engineers Joint Pension Fund
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Plaintiff: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 545
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Plaintiff: International Union of Operating Engineers, Local Union No. 832
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Defendant: Western New York Contractors, Inc.
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