context: See generally Compl.; Pis.' Mot. Although the court may award damages based solely on an estimate, it cannot do so in this case because it lacks the necessary information to verify the plaintiffs' claim for unpaid contributions.
citation_a.signal: cf.
citation_a.identifier: 267 F.R.D. 430, 434
citation_a.parenthetical: approving the plaintiffs' calculation of damages as reasonable because the plaintiffs estimated the unpaid contributions due each month based on an average of the three previous months for which reports were submitted
citation_a.sentence: See Combs, 105 F.R.D. at 474 (stating that if monetary damages are based on an estimate, the court must conduct a factual evaluation before entering default judgment); cf. Int’l Painters & Allied Trades Indus. Pension Fund v. LaSalle Glass & Mirror Co., 267 F.R.D. 430, 434 (D.D.C.2010) (approving the plaintiffs’ calculation of damages as reasonable because the plaintiffs estimated the unpaid contributions due each month based on an average of the three previous months for which reports were submitted).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.identifier: 105 F.R.D. 474, 474
citation_b.parenthetical: stating that if monetary damages are based on an estimate, the court must conduct a factual evaluation before entering default judgment
citation_b.sentence: See Combs, 105 F.R.D. at 474 (stating that if monetary damages are based on an estimate, the court must conduct a factual evaluation before entering default judgment); cf. Int’l Painters & Allied Trades Indus. Pension Fund v. LaSalle Glass & Mirror Co., 267 F.R.D. 430, 434 (D.D.C.2010) (approving the plaintiffs’ calculation of damages as reasonable because the plaintiffs estimated the unpaid contributions due each month based on an average of the three previous months for which reports were submitted).