Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern…
Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Loza
- Haywood Gilliam
- 4:17-cv-06474
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
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Board of Trustees v. Loza: Judge Gilliam dismissed the case without prejudice after settlement, retaining jurisdiction to enforce the agreement.
The four plaintiff trust-fund boards and Juan Manuel Loza, doing business as Loza & Sons Construction.
What happened
Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern California v. Loza involved four trust-fund boards as plaintiffs and Juan Manuel Loza, doing business as Loza & Sons Construction, as defendant. The parties jointly submitted a settlement agreement and asked the court to dismiss the case.
The court dismissed the matter without prejudice and retained jurisdiction to enforce the settlement agreement if enforcement became necessary after dismissal. The order did not decide the underlying dispute.
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. entered the order on July 29, 2020.
The detailed version
- Board of Trustees of the Laborers Health and Welfare Trust Fund for Northern… · No. 4:17-cv-06474
- Haywood Gilliam
- July 29, 2020
Background
Four laborers trust-fund boards sued Juan Manuel Loza, an individual doing business as Loza & Sons Construction. The opinion text does not describe the underlying claims or dispute. The parties later entered into a settlement agreement and submitted a joint stipulation asking the court to dismiss the action.
Ruling
The court ordered that the matter be dismissed without prejudice. It also expressly retained jurisdiction—the court’s authority over the matter—to enforce the settlement agreement if enforcement became necessary after dismissal.
Result
Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. approved the parties’ stipulation and entered the dismissal order. The court did not reach or decide the merits of the underlying claims.
Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.