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Home My WebLink About97-06870 12-13 14 -19 20-31 32 33-36 37 I'VS510 1997 0(,070 Cumhorliult.l Courtly Pt'oth(lnot.;,ry's orflco ,....1. C 1 v 1 1 CilHO 1 uqll 1 ry .--.... UOSf:"', .ue; I< I MIlE/lI,V (VH I MOUU I S UOIlI':U', 1-:'1' AI, PiHJO 1-'1 1ud........: 'Pimo......... : ExocuLion Date Jury Triai"" Disposed Date, Hlghor Crt 1,: Higher Crt 2,: Hoforoncu No..:, Caso 1'ypo,,",' COMI'I,AIN'I' Judgmont '1 .. .. : ,00 Judge Ass gnod: 1I0Fl'f:U GEOnm: I': 1',) Dlsposod Dose,: -~---------- CdHO C()mmoflta - 12/15/1997 10: 12 0/00/0000 0/00/0000 1331 MDA 99 ................................................................................ Gonoral Indox Attornoy Info nOSENIlEIlG KIMIlEIU.V I'l,AIN'l'It't' DOWLING DAVID B 262 BELMON1' S'rIlEt:1' MONIAI< STEPHEN WATERTOWN MA 02172 MORRIS ROBERT DHt:NDAN'1' COATES KAllEN S 231 REAR EAST MA I N S'l'llEE'r SIIIREMANSTOWN PA 17011 MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S INC 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET SIIIREMANSTOWN PA 17011 MORRIS CIIARI.ES 0 MOIlRIS fLORENCE A DEfENDAN1' m~fENDANT COATES KAREN S COATES KAREN S . ....~.....*....*.....................................*..~.....*.**.....**.....*. . Date Entries · ......................................................................,......... 12/15/1997 12119/1997 1/05/1990 1/30/1990 2/06/1990 2/1211998 2/19/1990 2/20/1998 2/20/1998 3/05/1998 3/1111990 3/23/1998 4/01/1998 6/05/1998 6/1111998 f'IRS1' t:N1'HV COMPLAINT - CIVIl. ACTION _~______________..______________.___________________________M________ SIIERIff'S RETURN fILED Lltiqant,: MORRIS ROBERT T/D/B/A MORRIS I.AUNDROMATION SERVICES INC SERVED : 12/18/97 COMPL Costs",,: $28,60 I'd Uy: RIIOADS AND SINON 12/19/1997 -------------------------------.----------------------------------- ENTRY Of APPEARANCE fon DEfENDANTS BY JACK M IIARTMAN ESQ --------------------------.-----------.----..------------------. ...---- DEfENDANT'S ANSWEH WITII NEW Ml<TTEIl TO PI,AIN1'IFF'S COMPI,AINT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ... -.. .. ... - - - - - - - - - - -- - - .. - - - - .. - - - -- '. - .. - - - - - - - - '- - - - .. -- ~ - - - AMENDED COMPLAINT STIPUI.,A1'ION PLAINTIff'S REPL.Y TO DEfENDANTS' NEW MATTER SIIERIff'S RETURN fiLED Litiqant.: M9RRIS CHAIlLES D T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES SERVED : 2 19/90 AMENDED COMPL. Costs." ,: $32,06 Pd By: RHOADS AND SINON 02/19/1998 --------------------------------------------------------------_..--- SIIERlff'S RETURN FILED 1,ltlqant,: MORRIS FLORENCE A T/D/U/A MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES SERVED : 2/19/90 AMENDED COMPL Costs..,,: $12.00 Pd By: RIIOADS & SINON 02/19/1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEfENDANTS' ANSWER WITH NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIt'f' S AMENDED COMPLAINT ------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIflCATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE Of' A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.22 _____________________________M_____________________________________ PLAINTU'f'S REP1.Y TO DEf'ENDANTS' NEW MA1'TER 'f0 PLAINTIff'S AMENDED COMPLAINT ________________________.'___M______________________________________ CERTIt'ICATE PREREQUISITE 1'0 SERVICE Of A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RUI,E 4009,22 -----------.------- - ---_.~._---.-------- --.--_._------------------ PL.AINT !t'f' S ANSWERS 1'0 DEFENDANT'S Rt:QlIf:S1' t'OR ADMISS IONS 01 RECTt:D TO Pl.AINTIff KIMllf:nl.Y ROSENBERG . - - ~ - -. .- - - NOTICE 01' SEIlVICE PV:P-IIO I 'J~" , (1f"!'IO Cumllul'I,1I1d CIHlnLy prolhOrlOl"ry'H ()llil~P C I v II CiUH' IIHJlII--.'{ I':NIII,:H<: KIMI\i':IU,~ (v"l MOllHl:; h..dEIl'I' 1':'1' III, PilIp, Hnton~ncu Nl). ., CilHU 'l'ypU.....: COMPLAiN'I' .Judqmonl.....' .: ,00 .IUd<l" II"" 1'I""d: 1\01'1'1,:1\ m:ol\(;I': Olspo"",t Il""".: . _.' . C,Ull! C0l1UI10ntB I': 1'.1 F i lod. . . , . . . . : 'l'Lmu. . . . . .. . .: Exocutlon Datu .Iury '1', III I, , , , DLB~OBOd Ilato, 0/00/01 IILglUr Cl.t ),: lJ)1 MIlII lIiq or Crt 2,: SUlIl'OENII I'IHlSIlAN1' '1'0 Ill/I 7/02/L998 811.111990 811011998 911011998 9114/i998 911411998 9/21/1998 9/2111998 9/2111998 9/2111998 9/2111998 9/2111998 10/0111998 31151\999 3/1511999 7/1011999 712611999 7/26/1999 7/26/1999 7/28/1999 7/2811999 811.411999 12/1'';1' to 0/00/111 CI';H'I'IFlCII'l'f: I'IU;lU:Ul/ISI'I'I': '1'0 SEHVICf: Of' II 400'1.22 IlEf'ENIlIINT'S MO'I'ION '1'0 COMPEl. IlISCOVf:IlY . '.- - - ..- - - .. - '~.- . . .. - ,. '. . ... .... - -. - - ...... - ,- ~ - - . - - - - .. - - - - - - - . ORDf:1l .. OIlTED 8118/98 - IN In: Df:f'ENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL, - IlISCOVf:IlY CONff:Rf:NCf: 9130/98 3: 30 I'M CR 1 .. IIY .J Wf:SI.EY Ol,f:R ,)Il ,I COPIES MAILED 8/19/90 , . - - - - ,- - - .. '- - - .. - -. .. -- . - . . - . . - .. - . .. - .. -. -. ~ ~ - - - ,. .. .- PI.AIN'I'In"S RESPONSf: '1'0 DEf'f:NOIIN'I'S' MO'I'ION 'I'D COMPEL, OISCOVEIlY - - .. . " .. -- - ., - - .. - - - .. .. .. - - .. .- -. - . -, ,. - - ,.. . .. - - - - -.-. -.- - ... - - - ., - - - - - - - - -- . ,- DEFENDANTS' MO'I'ION FOil SUMMAIlY JUDGMENT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .. - - - ~ - - - - - - - - .. - - - - - - ... - - - - - - - .. - - - - '. - - - - - - - - - - -. " - - -. - PRAECIPE FOR LISTING CASE 1"011 ARGUMENT llY D1n:w I' GIINNON ESO DENENDIINT'S MOTIN FOR 5UMMIIIlY ,)UDGMEN'I' -.--.------------..-- ....-.--- --, ---...-----..---..---....--------..-. PLAIN'I'H'F'S RESPONSE '1'0 DEFf:NUIINTS' MOTION t'OR SUMMAIlY JUDGMENT --------------------------------.--.-----------------------.-.-----.. DEPOSITION at' KIMIIEIU.Y ROSENBEIlG ------------------------------..---..------------------------------ DEPOSITION OF IWIlEH'1' MORRIS ------...--------.-----.----.. DEPOSITION OF MELANIE KLEIN ______________________________ .______________..__________"__R_____ ~~~~~!!!~~-~~-~!~~~~~_II~~~~__.._. ___..___~_______________________' DEFENDIIN'I'S' ANSWERS '1'0 PLAINTlt'F'S INTERROGATORIES ---------------------------.---.--------------------------------- ORDER OF COURT - DIITED 9/30/98 - IN RE DEFENDIINTS' MOTION TO COMPEl, DISCOVERY - BY J Wf;SLEY OI.ER JR J - NOTICE MAILED 10/2/90 ---_..__.,---"---------------------------------------------------- ENTIlY Of' IIPPEIIRANCE F'OR DEHNDIINTS BY KIIREN S COIITES ESO -----..-----------------------------------------------..----.------ WI1'HllHIIWIII, OF IIPPEIIIlIINn: f'OH llEn:NllMITS BY JIICK HIIHTMIIN ESO . - .' -. - ~ .. - - .. - .. 01' 1 N lON IINIJ OI<lJf:H OF COllHT \lilTED "I 115/9 9 1 N HE UEn:NDIIN'I'S' MOT [ON FOR SllMMlIllY .JUDGMENT . GHAN'I'ED - IlY GEOllm: E Hot'FER pJ - COPIES MIIII.ED "1/15/99 -----.--....--..----------------------------------------------------. NOTICE OF IIppEIII. '1'0 SUPt:RIOH COllH'I' FROM ORDER f:Nn:HED 7115/95 IlY DAVID II llOWI,lNG ESO ..---------------..----------------------------------------------.. PROOF OF SERVICE OF NOTICE OF APPEAL .-- --..------..---.----------------..-- -----------------------------------------------.-------------..-- STIITEMENT RE: TRIINSCRIPT -----------------------------------..---------------------------- IIMt:NDt:D --------------------------------.--------------------------------. IIMENDf:[] NOTICE OF IIppEM, TO SUPERIOR COURT FROM ORDER ENTERED 7/15/99 BY DIIVID B DOW1.ING F:SO ----------------------------------------------.------------------- SUPERIOR COURT OF pA NOTICE 9L.~Pr.M!:..DOCKETING TO , 1331 MDA 99 plunging to the driveway below, approximately nine feet, four inches, .f '~ I ~l I ' ~. 7, said railing measured only thirty three (33) inches in height, which is well below the applicable Pennsylvania regulations contained in 34 Pa, Code ~ 50,25, requiring railingB to meaBure at least forty two (42) incheB in height, 8. plaintiff fell head firBt and landed on the blacktop driveway below, BUBtaining subBtantial and Bevere injurieB aB a direct reBult of her fall over the defective and dangerous railing, 9, Had the balcony railing conformed to the minimum applicable building requirementB, Plaintiff'B fall would not have occurred aB the railing would have prevented her from f.alling off the balcony, 10, As a direct and proximate result of her fall over the defective and dangerous railing, and Defendant'B negligence, Plaintiff Kimberly Rosenberg suffered physical and personal inj uries , - 3 - L/ b. failure of Defendant to disclose to Plaintiff the hazardous and dangerous condition of the premises, in particular, the defective and highly dangerous condition of the balcony railing; c, failure to use appropriate and due care in constructing and maintaining the balcony railing and making the condition of the railing safe; d, failure to warn those on the premises of the hazardous and dangerous condition of the balcony railing by the use of appropriate signs or other warnings; e. failure balcony for the to construct and maint.ain the railing in a manner that was safe public; f, failure to construct and. maint.ain t.he balcony railing to the required specifications for balcony railings within the meaning 34 Pa, Code ~ 50.25, paragraph (j), requiring railings to be "at least 42 inches high"; g, failure to construct and maintain the balcony railing to the r~quired specifications for balcony railings within the meaning 34 Pa, Code ~ 50,25, paragraph (j). "to prevent falls over the open side"; and, h, failure to construct and maint.ain the railing in such a manner as to meet minimum structural loads applied to railings in both horizontal and vertical directions, 15. Plaintiff did not know or have reason to know of the defective and highly dangerous condition of the balcony railing and - 5 - g, underwent surgery to correct the displaced nasal fracture and frontal sinus fracture by an open reduction and internal fixation with plates and screws of the frontal sinus fracture and closed reduction and splinting of the nasal fracture. 18, As a direct and proximate result of the injuries sustained, Plainti f f cont inues to suffer pain and discomfort, medical, wage, and other expenses, all to her detriment and loss, which are claimed as damages herein as well as all other damages recoverable pursuant to Pennsylvania law, 19. As a direct and proximate result of the injuries sustained, Plaintiff has been unable to enjoy the usual activities of life of an individual her age, and has suf fered a loss of enjoyment of life, loss of happiness, pain, suffering, and emotional upset, 20, As a direct and proximate result of the injuries sustained, Plaintiff has lost valuable wages including lost work time on account of not being able to go to work and her subsequent part-time status and continues to suffer damages for lost income and lost future income, - 7 - 1 ~-... VERIFICATION Kimberly Rosenberg, deposes and says, subject to the penalties of 18 Pa, C,S, S 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authoritiest that the facts set forth in the foregoing are true and correct to the best of her knowledge, information and belief. ,4t(~~b~ ~! *' jo J J "'" 0 ... ..., " a '1 e. :; d .J'i vi ,. .. ~ i <::0( ~ 8 .. " '.'1 ",' . , ... f , , l\, " , ",/ "'*-' , ~ (') r.; c::: 1- .. :~)-ct' I1J~1 - 1,1 ;.'J mil} r. )::. L)r..;. ..,: '-l;J (" In ,";',) ( ..:, I 1"'- l( ., =,",. :,: >~. fi:\' '~Jl U fl:, ., ~:!u.. -, 1.1.. cx:l :3 Co) en () '"l~,) >"''''1JI<' of Civill'rocedure, By WllY of further lIns\\'cr, Morris hcrcby incorporutes by refercnce liS though fillly set forth herein pllragrnphs 21 through 31 of New Maller hcreinafter. WllEREFOIUO:, Morris demands judgment in his thvor and againstl'laintiff lInd that Plaintiffs Complaint be dismissed with prejudice and costs of this aetioll. NEW MATTER 21. The averments set forth inl'laintifl's Complaint fllilto state 1I claim or cause of action against Morris upon which relief may be grantcd. 22. Any claim or cause ofaclionas set flll'th inl'laintiffs Complaint is barred by operation of the contributory/comparative negligence of Plaintiff as may he developed during discovery. 23. Any claim or cause of action as set forth inl'laintifl's Complaint is barred by operation of Plaintiffs assumption of a known risk as Illay be devcloped during discovery. 24, Any elaim or cause of action as sctlllrth inl'laintifl's Complaint is barred by tbe applicable statute of limitations, including specili(~ally, b\lt not limited \0, any claim or cause of action which. by reason of lack of speci licity of pleading, is not directly or specifically set forth in the langll<\ge of Plaintiffs Complaint. hut which Plaintiff seeks to mise at alateI' time by tilrther a1mmdrnent. claiming to have preserved such claim or cause of action within Plaintiffs Complaint. 25. The Claimant's injuries resulted solely as a result of hcr ownncgligence. which 2 /1 r', included the Iilllowinll: (i) Over.consumption of alcohol to the poilll of cognitive und physical impairment; (ii) Mixing alcohol with prescription medication; (iii) Knowingly uml voluatarily approaching the railing on the halcony while inn state of impnired function due to hcr consumption of nlcoholund/or prescription medication; (iv) Knowingly and volantarily approaching the railing on the halcony when she was fceling taint and lightheadcd, and whcn shc had a prior history of lllinting spells resulting from a known heart condition tilr which she was taking prescription mcdication; and, (v) Failing to take appropriate action to cnsurc her own safety, 26. Morris was an out-ot:possessionlandlord at the time of the incident and therefore cannot he held legally linhlc for any injurics sustaincd hy the Plaintiff. 27, '[he railing on the halcony in qucstion was neithcr defectivc nor dangerous. nor did it constitute a defectivc or dangerous condition on the premises. 28. Thc railing on thc balcony in qucstionmet or cxceeded all building codes and regulations in place at the time of cOllstruction which occurred well bcfore 1984. Section 50.25 ofTitlc 34 of the Pennsylvania Code did not hccomc effective ulltil on or nfter May 19, 1984ns more fully set forth in 34 Pa. Code ~ 49.2(a), Section 50.25 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Codc cannot he applied retroactively. as more fully set t.lrth in 34 Pa. Code ~ 49.2(1). 3 I~, CERT.LElCATE-OES~lC.E I, Drew p, Gannon, Esquire, hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document upon the person(s) :Ind in the manner indic:lted below, which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylv:lnia Rules of Civil Procedure, by depositing a copy of same in the United States m:lil, first.class postage prepaid, as follows: David B, Dowling, Esquire Rhoads & Sinon, LLP One South Market Square, 12th Floor p, O. Box 1146 Harrisburg. PA 17108-1146 (Counsel to Plaintifl) HARTMAN & MILLER, p,c. By: -,/~I! ~~ Drew P. Gannon, sqUIre Supreme COUl1 I.D, #74680 126.128 Walnut Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 232.3046 Attorneys for Defcndant, Robert Morris Vd/b/a Morris Laundromation Services, (ne, Dated: 1-~1--'J 'i? , /9 a. creation 'Of dangerous railing; the hazardous, defective, and condition of the balcony b. failure 'Of Defendants ta disclose to Plaintiff the hazardous and dangerous condition 'Of the premises, in particOlar, the defective and highly dangeraus conditian 'Of the balcany railing; c, failure to use appropriate and due care in constructing and maintaining the balcany railing and making the candition 'Of the railing safe; d, failure to warn those on the premises of the hazardaus and dangeraus conditian of the balcany railing by the use of appropriate signs or ather warnings; e, failure ta canstruct and maintain the balcany railing in a manner that was safe far the public; f, failure to canstruct and maintain the balcany railing ta the required specificatians far balcany railings within the meaning 34 Pa, Cade ~ 50,25, paragraph (j), requiring railings ta be "at least 42 inches high"; g. failure ta construct and maintain the balcany railing to the required specifications far balcany railings within the meaning 34 Pa. Cade ~ 50,25, paragraph (j), "to pl'event falls aver the open side"; and, h, failure ta construct and maintain the railing in sllch a manner as ta meet minimum structural loads applied ta railings in bath harizontal and vertical directians, - 6 - 11., ,...., I. part-time status and continues to suffer damages for lost income and lost future income, WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Kimberly Rosenberg, demands judgment against Defendants, Charles D, Morris, Florence A, Morris, Robert Morris, and Morris Laundromation Services, Inc., in an amount in excess of the amount requiring arbitration referral by local rule, pursuant to Pa, R,civ.p. 1021, together with interest, costs of suit and delay damages, if applicable, By: ...... vid B, Dow ng Stephen Moniak One South Market S re Twelfth Floor P,O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146 (717) 233-5731 Attorneys for Plaintiff Dated: February 4, 1998 160:1::1:5 - 9 - .2 'J VERIFICATION Kimberly Rosenberg, deposes and says, subject to the Penalties of 18 Pa, C,S, ~ 4904 relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, that the facts set forth in the foregoing are true and correct to the best of her knowledge, information and belief. ~a, K m erly enberg :J-- }O \~ ~ ...,. >- cO) 1'-.. ..", .~ M ,.. r ,:,)~ -, (l~ S ::c: (J.. ,,' Q.. ~::! ;:~~ c', 0' \0 ;'r. [12 C'':' I ...~J .~~ r -', -'iJ; QC\ ~U~ 1.&./ u., ". t5 -, CD :.:l (1' () .....,I ",.."..,/ ~: CO) "- ~r r I.' ,- r .. :4 l' ,N ('J t'") ~~, :':: .;') :,: r CL. 0.:--. -~ ~:.j C" N .' fr . '-'1 !,,-: o:ll:'; 00 ' I~ ,;>,. r=: 4.1 ~-.;~ l,lJ u... ':~ I..~ t:i ..:-: CXl ':J C7' a , I , . - ~ ...,) "-' , ", deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial, alcohol consumption is irrelevant and inadmissible. Moreover, ,J I' I I : I 26, - 27, The allegations contained in Defendants' New Matter, paragraphs 26 and 27 are conclusions of law to which no response is required, In the event and to the extent they are deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial, 28, The allegations contained in paragraph 28 are specifically denied, The railing failed to conform to the BOCA Code, Pennsylvania law, and g~ne~ally accepted safety standards, 29. - 31, The allegations contained in Defendants' New Matter, pa.ragraphs 29 - 31 are conclusions of law to which no response is required, In the event and to the extent they are deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial, - 2 - 3L/ ~ r.o .... ,,- t.~.... f .~ .- " 6\ .. ulf~ . , ('1'" .~ [-l '-' ....: ('jl'-' ',J "I C:" ......j 1))[" .>1.... ~l', r ,,' l('. lill U;l' " I ; \ !U... ~. -. tl-~ .i. " (.:11 :~.) (.) '" l) . .. "^","# '-, ,'- ElIst Maia Street, Shiremanstown. Pennsylvllnia 17011, It is speeilieally denied that Defendant. Morris LlIundromlltion Services. Ine, WllS either the owner. manager, landlord or otherwise responsible till' maintenance allll salety at the subject premises. and strict pl'llof thereof is demanded at time of trial. 7-2], The averments contained in paragraphs 7 through 2] of Plaintirt's Amended Complaint arc eoaclusions of law or fact to which no response is necessary, To the extent that a response is deemed necessary, the averments arc deni,:d pursuant to Rule 1029(e) of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, lIy way of further answer. Dct<~ndants herehy incorporate hy reference as though (illly set forth herein paragraphs 24 through ]4 of New Matter hereinaller, WHEREFOIU':. De!cndants demand judgment in their favor and against Plaintiff ,1I1d th.1l Plaintiffs Amended Complaint he dismissed with prejudice and costs of this action, NEW MATTER 24, The averments set forth in Plaintiffs Amended Complaint laillo state a claim or cause of action against Defendants upon \\hich rclief may be granted, 25, Any claim or cause of action ,IS setlill'th in Plaintiffs Amended Complaint is barred by operation of the contributory/comparative negligence of Plaintiff as may be developed during discovery, 26, Any c1.1irn or cause of action as set forth in Plaintiffs Amended Complaint is barred hy opemtion of Plaintiff s assumplion of a known risk as lIlay be developed during 2 ~o .--", discovery. 27, Any claim or cause ofllction as setli)rth in Plaintill's Amended Complaint is barred by the lIpplieahle stUlute of limitations. including specilically. but not limited to. lIny claim or cause of action which. hy reason of lack of specilicity of pleading, is not directly or specilically setlorth in the language of Plaintiffs Amended Complaint. but which Plaintiff seeks to raise at a later time by further mnendment, claiming to have preserved such claim or cause of action within Plaiutiffs Amended Complaint. 28, The Plaintiffs injuries resulted solely as a result of her own negligence, which included the following: (i) Over-consumption of alcohol to the point of cognitive and physical impainmmt; (ii) Mixing alcohol with prescription medication; (iii) Knowingly and volunt.lI'ily approaching the railing on the balcony while in a state of impaired limction due to her consumption of alcohol and/or prescription medication; (iv) Knowingly und volunturily approaching the railing on the balcony when she was tcellllg laint and lightheaded. and when she had a prior history of tainting spells resulting from a known heart condition till' which she was taking prescription medication; and. (v) Failing to take appropri.lle action to ensure her own safety, 29, Detendants, Charles Morris. Florence Morris and Robert Morris were out.ot~ J 1-/ I possession lundlords at the time of the incident LlIld therefore cannot be held legally liahle for uny injuries sustained hy the Plaintiff, ]0. The rniling on the balcony in question was neither defective nor dungerous. nor did it constitutc u delective or dangerous condition onthc premises, 31, The rniling on thc balcony in question met or exceeded all huilding codes and regulations in place atthc time of construction which occurred well belore 1984. Section 50.25 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Code did not become eflective until on or after May 19. 1984 as more fully set forth in]4 Pa, Code * 49,2(a), Scction 50.25 of Title ]4 of the Pennsylvania Code cannot be applicd retroactively. LIS morc fully set forth in]4 Pa, Code 9 49,2(1). 32. Delendants had no duty to replace the railing which continues to comply with all controlling building codes, D. Defendants neither knew nor should have known thut thc railing poscd any type of potential dangcr as alleged by the Pluintiff, ]4, If Plaintiff suflered injury or damagcs as a result of thc actions or inactions of individuals or cntities. us alleged in Pluintiffs Amended Complaint, such actions or inactions were of individuals or entitics other thunthe Delendants. their ugents. scrvants, or employees. and over whom Detendants neither exercised nor had the right or duty to exercisc eontwl. and for whose actions or inactions the Dclendants me not responsible or otherwise legally liable, WHERI'~F()RE, Delend.lllts demand judgment in their favor and agaiustthe PlaintilT and that Plaintiffs Amended Complaint be dismissed with prejudicc und costs of this action, 4 Lf2- CCM1:JNWE'.Ar.TH 01: EUINS'a:JilNIA CCONl'Y OF .ClJMEERL',,ND Kimberly Rosenberg, Plaintiff File No, 97-6870 v. Robert Morris, t/d/b/a Morris Laundromation services, Inc., DeEendant SlJeF>:€~Ip. TO FFeOXE ceC.I-PITS CF Trll NGS FCF 0 I SCOVE;;Y FUPSlJMIT TO FI.UE J.009, 2~ TO: New cumberland police Department, 1120 Market Street, New cumberland. PA 17070 (Nare of Fer-sen cr Er,clc'l) Within t'..enty (20) ca'/s after- sP-r'lke of this sc;cccena, '/CU are creer-ec I:y the ccc;,.: t >:recuce the fo llcw ir,g ccc...rnents Or" th ings : police Re};:ort prepared as a result oE the ; nddent which Q.ccurred on 3/6/97 at 310 Market Street, New CUmberland. Pennsylvania at approxill'3telY 11 :00 p,m. involving injuries to Kimberly Rosenberg at Hartman & Miller. P.C" 126-128 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 (Accress) Ycu ImY ce 1 i var cr m:! ill eo:: i b 1 e c"e 1 s t" -L - ,~e,. cf ..e c.cc...rr..er-,t.3 cr r;:r::C:":C2 thlrlC:~ "'~cU~S':_~':"-, ~:-: ~ s sul:::ccena, t~c_"et.he; wi t!i -h _ -J - .... e cer",l:'"lc..!!.t:.e c;", C.::::rrcl1a.:",ce, :.: 'C~e ~a.r.t../ r...1;':ir~ :.- reC'..les~ at the accress l1steo:! atcve. Ycu ha\l"'. """e 't L' ' _ r iS7't. .: se-:;o.. In aC'.'ar.ce ':1"',e ...o:a':!oC=- 3- -:::s-::. cf ~r'ecaring the c::cies r:r p'cC:wcinc; the tb,,'r,g-:: ' ......-.... - _ _.... scuSht.. If ',I-:u fail to crccuce the ccc'Jner",t.s cr (2':) C3.',IS after its se~'I~~.~, t:-,e ~art'l '_....ell1ng ycu to c::m:ly with it. re~uirec by t~1S s~=cce~a t.;"', is 'Scl::cce'l2. iT,'::,'/ seek w~"C:-,:n :-~..: a C:'I..:r-: :.r::.:: th i ng: ::iar"/lr,g Ie; I S S;.;eFCE~IA WAS I SS'.:EO AT re;E FE':t...'ES, CF' r,.,E F':U.<:W I riG F""SCN: ~~,l.t-E: --D.rew P. Gannon, Esqui re 'CC _ _ Hartman & Mlller. P-: c , ,. F.E~~: 1 ?~_ 1 'jR W;l.l.o.ll.t.. ~:;t. rp-et Harrisburg, PA 17101 T":,-Ei'!-<N:!: (717) 232-3046 S'wF"e-1;: C::l.:R, lOll 74680 .- t>. TiCF,IIE'( e':R: DeEendant, Robert Morris, t/d/b/a Morris Laundromat 1 on---sef"/l ce", . IlIc. 8Y r::.A 7E: _'1.1" . ~ 13) 'i 'i <f 5 1./ ' ea or t:'e C:L:n: ?:'"":t.....c....ccar" I' ~1-4 ('" I 1 01'/1S1Cf", Ct!Ol..:~'I (Ef.t. 1:"- LI;! I'M!" CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Drcw p, Gannon, Esquirc, hcreby certily that I am this dllY scrving a copy of the forcgoing document upon the pcrson(s) and in the manner indicated bclow, which scrvicc satislies thc requirements of the Pcnnsylvanill Rules of Civil Procedure, by depositing a copy of same in thc United States mail, Iirst-c1ass postage prepaid, as follows: David B. Dowling, Esquire , Rhoads & Sinon, LLP One South Market Square, 12th Floor p, 0, Box 1146 Harrishurg, P A 17108-1146 (Counsclto Plaintiff) HARTMAN & MILLER, P.C. By: dUlJ ~ ~_ Drcw p, GlInnon, Esquire Suprcmc Court I.D, #74680 126 - 128 Walnut Strect Harrisburg. PA 17101 (717)2]2-3046 Attorneys for Defendant. Robert Morris t/d/b/a Morris Laundromation Serviccs, Inc, Dated: ~-'}-11 _ i L/CJ I , ~ li, " , , I" " " U , . f, ~ J l ( 1.1.. I, U C" .~., ''''''I' ......., ,-, conclusions of law to which no response is required. In the event and to the extent they are deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial. Moreover, alcohol consumption 1s irrelevant and inadmisflible, 29. - 30, The allegations contained in Defendants' New Matter to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, paragraphs 29 and 30 are conclusions of law to which no response is required. In the event and to the extent they are deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial, 31. The allegations contained in paragraph 28 are specifically denied, The railing failed to conform to the BOCA Code, Pennsylvania law, and generally accepted safety standards, 32. - 34. The allegations contained in Defendants' New Matter to Plaintiff's Amended Complaint, paragraphs 32 - 31 are conclusions of law to which no response is required, In the event and to the extent they are deemed not to be conclusions of law, each is specifically denied, Strict proof thereof is demanded at time of trial. - 2 - ~ ~. ~ i5 Q .,~ -, ~'-'? <." LJJC: " .'':'.. () f, 'l.~ , j ~', ~i: u.. ;" ~ "-. j r.. : - Z;j (", <") '-. '. ~i', N '.'! '. ti: bt/ (I, ; ;jn'-J ~.. r,:,,'t;.~ f-, ::L: "5 b ~ ,n (J '..,.,.,.1 -~~, David B. Dowling, Esquire Attorney I.D. No. 25452 Stsphen Moniak, Esquire Attorney I,D, No, 80035 RHOADS & SIWON LLP One South Market Square, P,O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, pennsrlvania Attorneys tor P1a ntitt 12th Floor 17108 -1146 KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintiff v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTION - LAW CHARLES D, MORRIS, FLORENCE A, : MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, No, 97-6870 CIVIL t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES, INC" Defendants JURY TRIAL DEMANDED .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT, TO RULE 4009.22 TO: John p, Stratis, MD 650 N. 12th Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you aZ'e ordered by the court to produce the following documents or things" 8n.'l-9nd all medical records reGardinq Kimberl v Rosenberq. ~~1/70. SSN: 144-66-3761. reqardinG the iniuries she sustained on or about March 7. 1997, Dr. Stratis treated Ms, Rosenberq MUnG her inpatient stav at the hospital. oerformed the surqerv and placemen.t.....Qf. the metal plate in Plainti ff' s foz'ehead, Dr. Stratis also saw Plaintiff as an outpatient on March 24 and April .18, 1997 at Rhoads & Sinon LLP, One South Market Square, 12th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101. (.,0 ./......'- You may deliver or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by this subpoena, together with the certificate of compliance, to the party making this request at the address listed above, You have the right to seek in advance the reasonable cost of preparing the copies or producing the things sought, If you fail to produce the documents or things required by this subpoena, within twenty (20) days after its service, the party serving this subpoena may seek a court order compelling you to comply with it, This subpoena was issued at the request of the following person: David B, Dowling, Esquire Attorney 1.0, No, 25452 Stephen Moniak Attorney I,D, No, 80035 Rhoads & Sinon LLP One South Market Square, l~th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 233-5731 Attorneys for Plaintiff BY THE COURT: DATE: By Seal of the Court (Prothonotary) IlUHH 6/ ,-.. David B, Dowling, Esquire Attorney I,D. No. 25452 Stephen Moniak, Eequire Attorney 1.0. No, 80035 RHOADS ~ SINON LLP One South Market Square, P.O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Attorneys for Plaintiff 12th Floor 17108-1146 KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA CIVIL ACTION - LAW v, CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. : MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, No. 97-6870 CIVIL t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES, INC" Defendants JURY TRIAL DEMANDED .. .. .. .. .. ... .. .. SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS FOR DlSCOVEB.:Y PURSUANT TO RULE 4!l09.22 TO: Heidi L, Myshin, DMD 2151 Linglestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you are ordered by the court to produce the following documents or things: An~ and all medical records reaardina ~imberlv Rosenberq, DOB: 7/1/70. SSN: 144-66-3761. reaardina the iniuries she sustained QD or about March 7. 1997. We believe her treatment datos to be~ but not exclusive of March 27. April 3. Aoril 16, Aoril 25. 19~7 and February 1~1998 at Rhoads & sinon LLP, One SOllth Market Square, 12th Floor, Harrisburg, pennsylvania 17101, You may deliver or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by thill subpoena, together with the certificate of compliance, to the party making this request at the t.;! .....,,- David B. Dowling, Esquire Attorney 1.0. No, 25452 Stephen Moniak, Esquire Attorney I,D. No. 80035 RHOADS & SINON LLP One south Market Square, P,O, Box 1146 Harrisburg, pennsylvania Attorneys for Plaintiff 12th Floor 17108-1146 KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v, CIVIL AC'rION - LAW CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A,: MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, No, 97-6870 CIVIL t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES, INC., Defendants JURY TRIAL DEMANDED .. .. .. .. .. ., .. ., SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS EQR DISCOVERY PURSUA~,T TO RULE 4009.22 TO: Mark J, Kearns, DMD and Mark J. Minium, DMD 1412 Bridge Street New Cumberland, PA 17030 Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you are ordered by the court to produce the following documents or things: Anv and all medical records~ardinq_KimberlY-Fosenberq, DOB: 7/1/70, SSN: 144-66-3761., reqardinq the iniur~j\e sust.airulli on or about March 7. 1997. We believe her treatme~tes to be. put not exclusive of. April 1. 4. 9, 12. 15 and Mav 15, 1997 at Rhoads & Sinon LLP, One South Market Square, 12th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101. You may del i vcr or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by this subpoena, together with the certificate of compliance, to the party making this request at the address listed above. You have the right to seek in advance the 1.,1 r"'-' reasonable cost of preparing the copies or producing the things sought. If you fail to produce the documents or things required by this subpoena, within twenty (20) days after its service, the party serving this subpoena may seek a court order compelling you to comply with it. This subpoena was issued at the request of the following person: David B, Dowling, Esquire Attorney I.D, No, 25452 Stephen Moniak Attorney I,D, No, 80035 Rhoads & Sinon LLP One South Market Square, 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 233-5731 Attorneys for Plaintiff BY THE COURT: DATE: By (Prothonotary) Seal of the Court HUllS. &5 , '. I David B, Dowling, Esquire Attorney I,D, No. 25452 Stephen Moniak, Esquire Attorney I,D, No, 80035 RHOADS & SINON LLP One South Market Square, P.O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Attorneys for plaintiff 12th Floor 17108 -1146 KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v, CIVIL ACTION . LAW CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A.: MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, No. 97-6870 CIVIL t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMAT I ON SERVICES, INC" Defendants JURY TRIAL DEMANDED SUBPOENA TO PRODUCE DOCUMENTS OR THINGS FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO R!JLE ~009.22 TO: Scott Mueller, MD 2151 Linglestown Road Harrisburg, PA 17112 Within twenty (20) days after service of this subpoena, you are ordered by the court to produce the following documents or things: AICLjilld all medical records reqardinc'.-lS.imberlv RQs~t9.... DOB: 7/1/70, SSM: 144-66-J76L, l'eqardinq the,J..n.iyries she sustained on or about !1arch 7. 1997. TreatmfLnt.. dates were Mav 16. and May 21. 1997 at Rhoads & Sinon LLP, One South Market Square, J.2th Floor, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17101. You may deliver or mail legible copies of the documents or produce things requested by this subpoena, together with the cert i f. icate of compliance, to t.he party making thill request at the address listed above. You have the right to seek in advance the . .' >- 01 r:- ~: " -: . ~,'(" r ,. , " ~. L _', <II , ' '! fi" L',-. , fL', c. , " n !';, I.. -, ~ (I;' , , Ct' d . . . . ...,.; '",,-, .- , CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document upon the person(s) and in the manner indicated below, which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, by depositing a copy of same in the United States mail, first-class postage prepaid, as follows: Drew P. Gannon, ESqlJ i re HARTMAN & MILLER, P.C, 126 - 128 Walnut Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 Date: June 4, 1998 IvY .I ~ - 3 - '/<( ... "'. ~ l1:; e' -' ~ M ....:.) liJQ (") ";.~ (.i~-i :c ()~'?; f" 't. t't._ -.:.: j, ' '."'1 '1':'. ..... u~ -,,' "n E~? I 1,L I,' :r'li~ ~"" -..- .1. ::.3 l,l~ .- -. J t'5 r,e lJ' ~",J ''',-~fl'' ' /, /. <") , / t ....., David B, Dowling, Esquire Attorney I.D. No, .5452 RHOADS & SINON LLP One South Market Square, 12th PlOOt' P,O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, Pennsylv<lnia 171.08-11.16 (717) 233-5731 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF f' Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Docket No. 97-6870 CIVIL v. CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES, INC, JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendants NOTICE OF SERVICE TO THE PROTHONOTARY: Kindly have notice that on the lOth day of June, 1998, Plaintiff's Objection to Defendants' Notice of Intent to Serve Subpoena on Diane Singer in the above-captioned matter was served by United States mail, first class, postage prepaid, upon counsel fot' the Defendants, Drew P. Gannon, Esquire, Hartman & Miller, P,C" 126-128 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, RHOADS & SINON LLP BY1'~ /L\... i"C '~d B. Dow'l One South Market P.O, Box 1146 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1146 (717) 233-5731 Attorneys for Plaintiff IllS'H'lJ I >- r- ~ ~ 0 , f"' M ';'3 ~~'~ ~9- ti :T.: '.J ;.l.~ ~iE <'1_ ! :~~ p " jn - tl- .;13:;' U:~l': -~ ~. .."ILl =:.. ,'ll...l- f-- --, :;.E ~ ftl ::;:l (1' U ...oJ .. '.....,t ,~, opposing counsel on or ahout June 4. 1998, 5, Plaintiff liIed a timely objection to Dd'endants' Notiec on thc grounds (bat Plaintiff is not seeking psychological damages and thcrclilre the rccords ute irrelcvant. 6, The Plaintiff stated hasis Illr the ohjectiun represents a changc in the averments of her Amendcd Complaint and her discovery rcsponses, 7, In paragraph 22 of her Amended Complaint the Plaintiffavcrs that as a result of thc incident shc has been unable to cnjoy Ihc usual aetivilies of life of un individual hcr age. and has suftered a loss of enjoyment of lilC. loss of happiness, pain, suffering and cmotionulupsel. In addition, paragraph 21 of her Amendcd Complaint seeks generul damages lor pain and discomfort. (Sec paragraphs 21 and 23 ofl'laintiffs Amended Complaint attaehcd hereto us Exhibit "B"), 8, In her response to intcrrogatury 6, the Plaintiff has identilied Joan Rosner as a witness who willtcstify as to Plaintiffs mental status before and atlcr the accident. and Jeff Bridgman who will testify as to hcr physical and psycholugical efleets from the accident. (Sec Plaintiffs Responscs to Defendants' interrogatory 6, attached hereto as Exhibit "C"), 9, Plaintiff has clcarly made a claim IiII' psychological and emotional harm, including pain and suffcring, allcgedly related to her accident and therefore Diane Singer's records me rclevant and discoverable, 10. In the event Plaintiffs counsel attempts 10 argue thatthc Plaintiff is now waiving her claim to psychologicul damages. DelCndants suhmit thatl'laintiff will not be entillcd to seek 2 9.5 UHlIlT A . 15. State the name and address of each doctor, medical practitioner or h\1alth care provider of any type whatsoever who has examined, evaluated or treated you or from whom you soughttreatmcni or diagnosis of any injury resulting trolllthc inciden\ for treutment or diagnosis of any injury ullegedly resulting from the incident, specifying the dute of consultation. the injury for which you consulted. the treatmentl'endered .uJd the cost of such cxamination or treutment. Specify those physicians Irom whom you ure presently receiving treatment. ANSWER: [1',. Dr. M!,lavec and Me. Singer are the only providers with whom Plaintiff is still receiving ,treatment. Plaintiff was last examined by a physician during July, 1997 at Kaiser Pel'menentein Northampton, Massachusetts, under Plaintiff's student health plan regarding concerns about her physical recovery. 16, When. wherc und by whom were you last examincd or givenllledicul attention conccrning thc injuries reeeivcd inlhis incidcnt? ANSWER: See Anawer to Interrogatory No. 13. and No. 15. 99 IXHl18T I >- 01 " r.-: ,., ~";. i~. 1I1<" (.1: G.~ '. , " ., f':::. (.") (, ,'. , , . L.L I I -. lj , f~ J L' J.,J' .. "wi "'~ David B, Dowling, Esqnire Anomey I,D, No, 2~452 Dallielle S, Kilgore, Esquire Anomey 1.0, No, 764~7 RHOADS & SINON LLP Qne Soulh Markel Square, 121h Floor P,O, Box 1146 Harrisburg, PA 17108-1 W. (717) 233-5731 Anomeys for PllIinlilT KIMBERLY ROSENBERG. Plaintiff : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : CIVIL ACTION - LAW v, CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/dlb/a MORRIS LAUNDROMATlON SERVICES. INC" Defendants : No. 97-6870 CIVIL : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED "...."""""...... ......"""...... PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO OEFENOANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY NOW COMES Plaintiff, Kimberly Rosenberg. through her attorneys. Rhoads & Sinon LLP, and tiles the within Response to Defendants' Motion to Compel Discovery, as follows: I , Admitted 2 Admitted /0.5 I i I , I. simply bccausc shc does not intend to make II claim for cmotional distress, They arc two separate and totally dillcrenltypes of damages 11, Dcnied, Dianne Singer's social worker's records deal cxclusively with thc Plaintiff's mcntal and emotional state. Such records are irrelevant to any claim for pain and sullcring, Plaintiff is willing to withdraw thc words "emotional upset" from the Amended Complaint, and does not intcnd to make a claim for emotional distress damages, Therefore, thc social worker records from Dianne Singer are irrelevant. 12, Denied The averments contained in paragraph 12 constitute conclusions of law to which no responsc is required and hence. same are denied, To the extent a response is deemed necessary. each and every averment contained in paragraph 12 is expressly denied, By way of further answer, Judge Hess' Decision in Lotlus v, CQnsol;dated Rail Corp" 12 D,&CAd. 357 (Cumb, c.c.p, 1(91), only applies where the plaintiff has put her psychological or emotional state at issue The case does not address. in any way, claims for pain and suffering, It is not nccessary lor a plaintiff to put on expert testimony from a psychiatrist in order to prove pain and suffering, As stated earlier. Plaintiff does not intend to put her emotional or psychological state at issue, and, therefore, the social worker records from Dianne Singer are not relevant - J - ILl? ,---- KIMBERL Y ROSENBERG. Plaintiff IN TIlE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY. I'ENNSYLV ANI A v. : CIVIL ACTION - LA W CHARLES D, MORRIS, FLORENCE A, MORRIS, R.OBERT MORRIS. lId/b/a MORRIS LAl1NDROMATION SERVICES, INc:.. : NO, 97.6870 CIVIL Defendants : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SIIMMAIW ,JUDGMENT ANI) NOW. this ...1{i d, day of September, 1998, corne the Defendants. Charles D, Morris. Florence A. Morris, and Robert Morris lId/b/a Morris Laundromation Scrvices, Inc" by and through their attorneys, Hartman & Miller, P,C,. to move this Honorable Court for Summary Judgment in their favor alld against Plaintill and in support thereof represent the following: I, The Plaintiff commcnced this action hy tiling a Complaint on or about December 11.1997, The Plaintiff subsequently filed an Amended Complaint on or about February 4,1998. The Defendants tiled a timely Answer with New Maller to the Amended Complaint on or about March 5, 1998, 2, All discovery essential till' the prescntation of this Motion has been completed, ], The Plaintiff has alleged that she sustained physical injuries 011 March 6. 1997 when she lell off of a bulcony located at Apartment II, ] 10 Market Street, New Cumberland, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, (Complaint, "9), 4, The Plaintiff was visiting her friend, Michellc Hoffa, who leased Apartment Band the balcony in question from the Defendants, (Complaint. ~~ 5. 6 and 7), (I{ -. ,.... 5, The I'laintiffwlIs a social gucst of tenant Miehdle Hoffallnd is therelore classilied as 1I "liccnsee" lilr purposes of prcmises liability analysis. 6. The lIpurtment huilding in which Michellc Hot'lll resides is owned and managed by the Dcfendants, (Complaint. ~'15 and 6), 7. Michelle Hoffa rented thc lIpartment i1nd balcony in question from the Dei'endants effectivc February 10. 1997 pursuant to a written Icasc agreement. (Dcposition of Michelle Hoffa, dated 5/12/98. p, 23. In, I), 8. Michelle Hoffa maintained exclusive control of the balcony and apartment in question during thc term of her lease, 9. The Defendants arc out of possession landlords of the apartment and balcony leased to Michelle HolTa, 10. The Plaintiff alleges that on March 6. 1997 she was standing near thc balcony railing when she fainted and fell over the railing to the ground below, (Complaint,'1 9). II. The wrought iron railing over which the Plaintiff fell was incorporated onto the balcony betwcen 1968 and 1970, (Deposition of Robert Morris, dated 5/12/98. p, II, In, 11), 12. Thc Plaintiff has testilicd that she was on thc balcony in qucstion on at least three occasions prior to thc evening in question, (Deposition of Kimberly Rosenberg, dated 5/12/98. p. 15,ln, II), 13, The Plaintiff allcges that hcr fall would have been prcvented had a higher railing bcen in placc. and allellcs that Defcndants kncw or should huvc knowllthat thc balcony railing 2 /;), constituted a dangerous condition; that it posed ununreusonable risk ot'harm; Ilnd that the Defendants owcd Plaintiff a duty of rellsonuhlc cure to warn of such huzardous und dangerous conditions. (Compluint, ""15 - 17), 14, Plaintiff has asserted that the Dcfendant breuched various common law and statutory duties owed to thc Pluintiff. (Complaint, "17), 15, Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 10]5(b) providcs that summary judgment shall be rendered if the "plcadings. depositions. answcrs to interrogatories. admissions and afl1davits show that there is no gcnuine issue of materiallaetthat the moving party is entitled to judgment as a malleI' of law," Dume v. Elkcom CQ.. ]68 Pa, Super. 280, 5]] A,2d 1063 (1987). 16, The Dcfendants have not breached any common law duties allegedly owed to Plaintiff. In general, a landlord out of possession is not responsible lor injuries suflercd by third parties on the leased premises, Kohvlinski v,llil2l2:i, ]59 Pa, Super, 549,519 A.2d 488 (\986). Stated another way. a lessor of land is not liablc to his lessee or to others on thc land for physieal harm caused hy any dangerous condition. whether natural or llrtilicial. which existed whcnthe lessee took possession. ~ Ilenerally, Restatement (Second) of Torts 9 ]56 (\965), 17. Thero are four exccptions to this gcneral rule in Pennsylvania, Kobylinski, SJ.ijlliI. None of the exceptions apply to this cuse, 18, Under Pennsylvaniu common law. Defendants. as out ofposscssion landlords, owed no duty to the Plaintiff and therefore cannot be held liable as a malleI' oflaw, 19, The 1)laintiffhas ulso alleged that the Defendants breached its duty to the Plaintiff ] / /,3 by violating vnriolls building codes. The evidence of record estublishes that the Iklendunt complied with all controlling building codes und cunnot be held Iiuble as u matter of law. 20. The Plaintitl'has obluined an expert report from John Brogan. P,E.. in which he concludes that the railing height did not mcct the requirements of "The Building Oflicials and Code Administrators (BOCA) National Building Code" of 1990, which he lIsserts is lIccepted by some municipalities in Pennsylvania, This Code requircs a height railing of 42 inches. whereas the railing in question measures ]3 inches, (Broglm report, p, I. attaehed hereto IlS Exhibit "A"), 21. The Delcndant hus obtained an cxpcrt report from Eugene Aul1ero, r.E., establishing that New Cumberland has not adopted the BOCA Code, and thercfore this code is not controlling in this case and has no legal eftccl. (Auficro report. p, I. attached hereto as Exhibit "B"), The Plaintiff has not relined this position, 22. Plaintiff also asserts that Dctendants violated Section 50,25 of Title ]4 of the Pennsylvania Code. promulgated by the Department of Labor and Industry, which rcquires a railing height of 42 inches, (Brogan report. p, 2), 23. Plaintiffs expert report tails to divulge. however, that the 42 inch height requirement did not become efteetive until 1984, atlcastl4 years after the railing in question was added, and that the Pennsylvania Code specilieally provides that Section 50,25 is not retroactive, (Aufiero Report. p, 2), 24, In a rcsponse to Delendant's Rcquestlilr Admissions. Plaintiff has admittcd that Section 50,25 of Title ]4 of the Pennsylvunia Code cunnot he applied retroactively, as set forth in 4 /1/ IXHIBIT A IXHlltT I ,-, /:)7 r'o - KIMBERL Y ROSENBERG, : IN TIlE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF Plaintill' ; CUMBERLANDCOUNTY,PENNSYLVANIA v. : CIVIL ACTION - LAW CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, ; No. 97.6870 CIVIL t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMA TION SERVICES, INC., DefendWlts : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED ................ ................................... ORDF,R AND NOW, this _ day of . 1998, upon consideration of Defendants' Motion lInd Plaintiffs Response thereto. the Defendahts' Motion for Summary Judgment is DENIED. BY THE COURT: J. J 3:Z ,'~- . DBvld B. Dowling, Esquire Allomey I.D. No. 25452 RHOADS & SINON LLP One South Mukel SquBre, 121h Floor P.O. Box 1146 HBrrisburg, PA 17108-1146 (717) 233-5731 Allomeys ror PIBlntilT KIMBERL Y ROSENBERG, Plaintiff : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYL VANIA ; CIVIL ACTION - LAW v. CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMA TION SERVICES, INC., Defendants : No. 97.6870CIVIL : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED ................................................... PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT " NOW COMES Plaintiff, Kimberly Rosenberg, through her attorneys, Rhoads & Sinon LLP, and files the within Response to Defendants', Motion for Summary Judgment, as follows: I. Admitted. 2. Denied. UIHII J3.3 8. Dcnicd. Thc Icusc pcrmittcd thc landlords to cntcr thc upartmcnt ut rcusonablc timcs for inspcctions. (Scc Exhibit "I") In addition, thc Defcndants' ugcnt and their son Robcrt Morris actively munagcd the propcrty and was ~n thc prcmiscs whcrc thc accident occurrcd on a daily basis. In addition to managing thc propcrty for his parcnts, Robcrl Morris opcrates and managcs Morris Laundromation Scrvicc, locatcd on thc Iirst noor of thc propcrty whcrc the fall occurrcd. Thcrcforc, thc Dcfcndants wcrc not out of posscssionlandlords. 9. ~ answcr 10 numbcr 8 abovc. 10. Admittcd. In addition, sce thc cxpcrt rcport of Ronald D. Schaible, datcd March 17, 1998, attached hcrcto and incorporatcd hcrcin as Exhibit "2". II. Ncither admittcd, nor denicd. Thc only tcstimony was prcscntcd by Robert Morris, thc agent of thc Dcfcndants. Oral tcstimony alonc, eithcr through testimony or aflidavits 01' depositions of thc moving party, evcn if uncontradictcd. is gcncrally insufticicnt to establish thc abscnce of a gcnuine issuc of matcrial fact. Nantv - Glo Ilorollllh v. Amcrican Sure tv Co., 309 Pa. 236,163 A. 523 (1932). Pcnn Centcr lIousc. Inc. v.lloffmal\. 520 Pa. 171, 533 A.2d 900 (1989). 12. Dcnicd. Dcfcndant mischaracterizes thc tcstimony of Kimberly Roscllb'~rg. lieI' dcposilion tcstimony statcs that shc was 011 the balcony "a fcw times". .3- /35 height. Scc Mann v. Schultz, 35 D&C 41h, 63 (Bucks Co. 1997) (Tcstimony as to industry standards would c1carly aidc thc jUl'Y who is not involvcd or traincd in that industry.) 21. Dcnicd. The rcport of Dcfcndants' cxpcrt spcaks for itsclf. Mr. AlIlicro's statcmcnt that New Cumbcrland has not adoptcd thc BOCA Codc is a subjcct for which cxpcrt tcstimony is not ncccssary, and his tcstimony on this point wOllld bc cxcludcd at trial. {;.Q.!D.",.L O'Searo, 466 Pa. 224, 229, 352 A.2d 30 (1976). Ncverthclcss, whcthcr or not thc BOCA Codc was adoptcd in New Cumbcrland is not thc cnd of thc mattcr. The BOCA Codc as wcll as othcr building codcs set minimum salcty guidclincs which cstablish thc standard of care for propcrty owncrs. failurc to comply with thc BOCA llasic Building Codc is rclcvant and admissiblc evidence cvcn though the municipality in whieh thc accidcnt occurs had not adoptcd the Codc. Dilauro v. Onc Ilala A vcnue Associates. 419 Pa.Supcr 191.615 A.2d 90 (1992). 22. Admittcd. 23. Dcnicd. Thc rcport of Mr. Brogan spcaks for itself. Again, cvcn assuming that the Pennsylvania Codc did not apply, thc 42-inch ligurc scts a indusliy standard for safely. 24. It is admittcd that Rcquest for Admission number 5 was admitted. howcv~r. Requcsts through 4 wcrc not admittcd by Plaintiffs. (Sec Plaintiffs Answers to Delcndants' Rcqllcsl for Admissions llttachcd hcrcto and markcd as Exhibit "3".) .6. ul IxhIM 1 ft>,,; 'i;, It," t.,':',,:,\'~~4!"" ' "~~.. ,;lj,i~';'.'''.f4.~:~v.~a~-' , ~ ~~r'!Hj\'j.l.~.;~~t"I,~;I{,'J 'It.~~,,,,..,..,, '. '~, ~'Il"'~~~" "h~~;~?:{i"!.(f :. '1,4~"''''' . . ., .~,~ ' . :d~;~;j~::I!~~,"''':' I.'~'\' " '. '. I.:.,;' t'tl.;~,\,\"~\,),,,., MORRIS )lROPD~l'mSI,I,I" ,:, ;", /' "" (,. "~) ,<,'1', ','" " " " '2311l1!'^" U5TM^INtmlt!cT'I~I~w'l' ,... ) -.1 '" SllIn[M^N8TOWN. rENN8YLY^NI^.I101l ,. nm~~<< 'tJIO/7{)3.J...I /.J. 7 .~~ I ,'i. ..----- .\1 ~\HT;\ IE:'\T LEASE THI~ ~GREE~ENT mode ,this Ih~.l 0 day or1-e.h:.U.lt.f 119 ('i'7 by and belween C ,f2.J1k-,rE[15. ,. }.;erd{.({.;-~... .. .. or Agent, (herelnaller "fv1anagement") and r )')1 ( II') e ,). L ~ 1,1 C' I '{(''::'''-=':__d' .______..__ (herelnaller "Resident"). for and In considoratlon of Ihe Inuluat covenants herein, Management does lease to Rosldont. and Resident does hereby toaso hom Management'lho afj>Orlment locat29.., at .'_ .____ ___ .. ,3/0. vYLC:U (~(I.I-::'t .~q+LL "'Nil"'" ,., .--..:~''':N c U)_(l )j./1 h,'yrcXi~d::.". J1tlj(', 7Ci ON "All It' known as .. , (hereinafter ".Apartment") N,llIo,( OJ H'AlII"-1t:rd under the terms and conditions which rollow, TERM ('n-(' i 'tC) j,r" . The le,m oIlhls Apa,lmenl Lea~Jha~ !Xl/')"':..ZF."'---+----/~--=--.---.--..-.:2.-I"'::1-.~-cro:r' beglnnIOQ__...._____LLL.:... 19"1'/' and ending ____...______. -_<.:/,I,;:..:fJ.l9..r-f.). r' RENL- _~.ef'lls paY'Jble O:X>"')lIY ~n .'1d~"<:~ po l?'n-r-z.t:~::.:::::.:.:..=-::.::=-- day 01 eoc~_"J~.!h,.ellt>llrale 01 J--1.~Lty..--L,I",(&.lL.JA..o..Jl't:t'.rl-I\V.e.------. .._.._.. dallars(S ..u.'..:; )pe<monlh during Ihe lerm 01 Inls LeOle allhe oi"ke 01 MOrK.,oemenl. whose add'ess Is, .:;;..;.~ -' .,,-\...10.:., v~,g...:,..,___ ____...._____________..___ or such olhOl place os MarlOlJemelll may OOslooole. Addlllonal paymonls. II any. 010 payablo 01 followS: -.----. .----. . .-------- .....---.....-- _._-~_._- ._---~-------- -- LAlE OWlGE c.<~~ l:me is 01100 eMOne:t!n t~~ Loose'l1.'nooemenl ulecls 10 occepl renl pold 01101100'_>._ -day 01100 monlh. 01010 chorgEl 01 _ _~'I'-_~')O 1:...J..Y:.if- ._____ will be charged ond due os oddllionolrenl. CON DillON AND SECURllY OEFOSIl Ra~OOnl has oxamlned Ihe Apartmenl ond occopls II "os Is". and ag,ees 10 koop II In good condlllOn and return 1110 Management 01100 end of the le,m In Iho some condllion. normal wear alld loor ox~ecled,1Is sa<;!t'llv)ll lho' relurn 01 Apa,tmenl and paymenl at oll,enl. Ilosidenl helewllh pays 10 MrJnagemonll"o sum d s-,-~...4 ::IS 0 Security DePCl'1I os secu,lty lor Resident's pellO/monee oflhls Apa,lrnonl Loose ond ago~l any damages caused 10 the Apollmenl. The unused portion 01 Ihe depo$lI shOll be rolund<3d wllhin____I~_.daV1 fram~~, day the rlesldenllost occupied the Aparlmont. 'Y./" . '1 lAXES AND UIILI1IES J~.;" , l.~ I ." Ml1rlO1Jemol1l Clnd rlolldenl oo,eo Ihallaxes on tho Apartmenl shall tl"clUd<1d In ~"'(Onl. and lhallho c6sl'Ci/. L"'lllle.\~erving,nlo Aparlment shall I be pOId as ~Iows wale' paid by .I1Cl"...c. ( ,1101 'fOloI paid tJy~.b~ If}.Y\(. Ie r"(1. healing J10ld by - ("..I~J;l.."...-t: e",,=Ir'cily paid by .' '::"".':'.1"-1_ '1)05 paid by .~J<\W_~:\;T- 50,,110'" ChalllO palel by lil./'-IdC.u..('d, olher __u..___._.._...._..........___..__..u .--. . USE AND OCCUPANrS ~~t_o\l'ee~.'ho~~~~n::..~~~~~~rt~~ ~. 1~~,,~:1(J1 :~SI~~~O~_II~'~~.nl_ arKlIt1e '~~~ ;;I~';;;';--cl';';'- r:;:;'e ;;;''--;;;''mmed- Pe,;o-;,~.--)i(~~~;:.;,.-. ;"";';;;j~ . c:;::::.wr;: S._.._u.." [.1 nen,,," InOOblo [) refun<Jabl.. less dar'og<l SPEC AI. SIPULAIIONS !he followlnrJ slipulali()(lllholl coni/olin IN! Erient d 0 conOlcl with any olhel -.----..-.-.-------.--.-.--.----------.--. .----. . -..----- ..__._.____._._._..____n_.._.___ ._.__." ..--.." ----- -' - . - . - -.-- . " ., , ..'1 .:'(' '" 'I, , , " ,J, C., ,( , ~', -',f ~,~' of. ,.~ " '., " . '! , ,- , " ~ ,. ~;., II " "~j"\;');"~ l'II~' . , !', J .~ ,;.,>t;::'" t,'....' ';,' ........ .' \-' .. ,~} I'OSSESSION "~no(IQfTlOfl' II urwJbkllo rktll....fJf pou.n~vonof lho ,AfxJlllTlont 10 Ro>>dont willlin 1 daysttf Iho conWlllJf'C~110fll t k'llo CltlllO h'lflO, Iho fluslljefl' nlt'v CUflC;nlond Inlll~rKJIJ) IIll."'Jt"frnon' 10010 upun "'Iii 1$1" nCtlk;o 10 Murw'Uf" llfl(ll. wtv"OUj Jon I.tl,llllf J _ Nlv ~w)ll ,"uvQ hobtllly 10 lhe oil.". ond OilY .Ulnt polduIldOf 1101. iIl>al",,,nlloolO IhuIlOO ,,,tufKJo<J. Monug"""K,I.holl "0100 1I,1lJIo 10 DH\fo.Jllnl1f IJIlC1LM hJ elf,IIVUI JJQUlI,,'on or tM ~fmftflf on tho cumrnoncttmon' dolo of tho 101m. bulllllClk10nf uccculs 1010 ,jtth....'.ty It..' ,.",,1 \'" ,II l)ll 1IJo'.h,rI-Jt.., udoWibc,sis to lhodolo of uctuil'PfJUOnkn n\e 'olin heloollholl 'K)I hoo,dOtI(jfl(J by IUCh 1010 dtJI,VOfy I\SSIGNMENI AND sullu:mNG Ro$kXm1 mer, not suhlet 'ho Apolhnont Of nulqll Ihb ^t1fJlhrwlflt lfK1SO wUhoull~ pilot Wlillon cot'l5ent 04 MufK~IO",ofll, wtkh CU05Qfl' will nol to urvoosonoblVwilhlK:tkJ ~,.tul ItJUf'nlOfln(UlI\fllIIIOUI~I\lnonl 01 SiI,ut1J1III '" \,hull nc)1 'MJlvoMJI M KJOfllOlll'srVd 10 'olu", IUbsequonl ulligMMlI'1s 01 lUt~""Ing. "'" ,hollll '0100... Ilmldonl rlOln Ilol:Jlhly Ul1dol1hl. /lj.JulmulIlloo.... AllEIIAllQNS AND IMPlKlVEMENIS r:, "J' II ,..1, I' I"" l', '" ,I I. 1 II'IIJII:O onv ollefOIN)tl' lu Iho, .ltnrnIMI\wllhou1IlfIQfWllttonconsont vi t<.4olloue1nufll 1'v1'f(IIlOHJ!IUl1I'TlOJlthy I.'''',!!'''I.' 'J,IIU ''''lIl'"' III "If I 'II\(J t~J \Ullo"dllll...J ullQ'lHilluhOrl 0' IhlS Apolt"wmlloosc, DAMAGE 1111\f:l!\pIJII'IIIJI,1 elf 1'", lJIJlhJ" "'I II. wlur,;h il isloculO<..J shafllJo 5XIltiolly domogocJ tJv flro Of olhOfWISO, fOpol" ,hull 00 ,nuda os ~ o')odlly os lJO\5llJlo II III lh(' MtIlW'IHflfllflfII'S cplnlon Ihl'! AllOllmonl Is cJomogtJd 10 e.It'flAN<<Kv as to Iftl'dOf It".e !v<lllmolll 1/ lIrll".olJlIublo 1110 111f.I!.Ill III CU\J\t'\II\111 SIll, ,\ 1illlOns 1110 1\f...,(lIhnonl has bllon repollod "kJ.wnvnl, II MorK-JUflIoonl YllJlI lIot:lc.lol'lOllo IltllUll..!. Ihon Muno~nwllIl flltlV ul MorlO\lOlnftlll"s IJII,Jhon lo"nlool" lIus J\4,JCulmonllOCJso try UM""" rloflltkllll nolk:u withl" u 1111 :SUflOblu Iln)()ol !tUChllllFJnt ond IhoApullrrlOlIl1 ("o(J~l sholl "lpiloCJI SJJOClfied IlIflOOI'ld UrnJdonllhall SUllundof' Ulo~lmUllllo MOn<JQOmunl, CONDEMNAllON "011 Of any poll oIlho /lpOIlmoll1 ""'" bo laken by OilY c"",,,,'olll oulhollV 101 ally pul>lic 01 QUO.I,pul>lic rJUrfJOl<J ot u..., 01 a ~,'llotnent 01 compfornlw In II0u lhofool be modo, this Apoll"lOnlleow sholl como OfwJ lefll1lnfJlufrom IhBdolflwhonposso3Slon oIlho i\4.xll1roonllNtllch b loken &tll'JII be IOQullOO l~esl<.k)lll mil hovo no 'luhllo onv WI I lOUuS UWOfcktd or 5fllllomont InIJdo. DEFAULT II uml Of (In" olhef !tJnI provided fUfhOlOlfl slKlllho dliB 0(\1,.1 unpoldOf if Ihelo ISt)(.kJloull iflonvc!# UM1Ulllf'llll",IOO'IW1lllsCOfII(lklttd holt/ill. Of if lho A(XJI'lnenl !.hall bo abandonod. deSOftod Of voculO<J, Of l?o$ic1unl alloll,,)ls III IIKJ'Ie IllS ll()s\Q$S1or1s hUllllho Aportmonl.lhcn Mono(JolT'lonl ~)(JII ho....o Ihallght,o re.ontorand repo1SCSS fheAp<JI'"",nl UlltJ,OfllNVO It~f"I('l"'Il(Jlll~ Ill(lIlltUJlT1 ond lhefooflm rolollho p.,;.lOllmonl, all wilhoul nolk:o 10 Res/den!. ond 10 dispose uf or slOla onv fMOf)fJf1y If'llt ill 1IM=t ~xll'lrr)Afll by IJmlcfonl MonuQCltlOnllnc:lV laka possesskJnof lhe Apallmenl wilhoullOlminollny Ihis ApI..JllmollllG1.Jsn in \Nhich aVllnl U("sh Jelll sholl bo liulJlo lor 011 OOrT'lOijos which Manayemonl sholl susloln. Managemont !hOIl be erllitlod. os cxkJllk.ll kJllfJnl (lrKJ dum<.J\Jos, hlloo$Ol'YJlllo allamay'. 'OO! In lhe omount of 1~' it rvkJnogemenl shall CQllect ony sums uUt) tH.Jfoulldo,a loloMe f'tJ15essk>f,oIl1\C) IIportroonl bV OIlh,OlJIl" an aIlOf/lOy-ol.Iow, HOLDOVErl Resident mil doliVOf POss.oulon of Iho ~,Imont 10 Monoyomonl ulUm OlllJilullol\ 01 ICfnUllOliorl of Ihis A4 l(lllll)(WlIl.WJ\o, ~ lull hc.....o no IIOhh In lhe pomba. ItlftfOOflOf. and sholl be 0 tonont 01 sullofUnco Accopranco of ronl offel rho ('wptrolton 01 Ihls l\.f.JO,tmenlloose sholl nol be con!lde,oo os 0 ronewal. llAllllllY M<1nogoment sholl nol be lioule 10 Rosl<.Jcnl 'or any dorT'lCJQO 10 Resident's person or Pfl:>J.A"tfty, Of to foosjejenl's (JUenls. OInploveru. QlHsl" Of Irwlloos olhel lhan for ~nogornenl's r'IllQligenco. and Rosidenl ogroos fo Indemnify ond 10 save ~1011<.JUl1mtlnl hOllfllau from all ckJlms of any nature, RIGHI OF EN1'.n.'," 'v1anogomenl 01 <lilY olhe, poJlon oulhOllzed bv Monegament may enlol the IIportmenl 01 ,easonable 11"",.la Inspeel. """'O OldinofY nocOMOry lopails-a ollomllons IQ 'he~ftmenl Ot'odJocent promlaes. loenrOlce lhls,AfJ04lment leo~, ondallEtfnollceof 1"""loollon. 10 show the IIport""",t 10 plospocllvo ,0.ldenl. SUBORDINATION 1101. ApOf1roonllease I"ubj"ct and IUbordloolo 10 the lien 01 011 """'gogo' now 01 herool!Of plClOlld 011 OilY part 01 MoOOIIElmenl'. ",opelly which IncludEl.lhe IIport""",l. to any o,IElnllons ood 'Elnowollherool. ond 10 0<.1vonc". 0C1N 01 hafeall", mode on lhe ",cu,11y 1he!00I ROlldenl og'eo~ upon ,oquoll, 10 ",eculo luch In."""",nl. ov\:Jonclng subordlnallon a. Manage",enl lPaY ','quo,'. ood il Relk:lonl roll, 10 do so. Rosldenl """,by Inovocobly "mpow"" fvIonogemenllo do 10 In lhe nome 01 R...Iden', RULES AND REGUlAtIONS r~ddent agree. fhot Re"dent. olher aulhorizod occuponh. and Resldenl's guests. wUl con'Pfy wUh the occl.iponcy Rules and , '.\;clollon~ 0 copy 01 which I. ru,nl""'" to R"sldenl. and which Mon<JQO"",nl may r,om lime 10 lima ""'0011... IOOIOOObfy """'e. NOTICE N:V nol:" 10 Resldenl odd,o,...d 10 IhElIlpo,'monl. and 10 Monogo;n"nt 01110.. oddI~.. .hown shall be .ulllckllllllln wtll'nll und U~]llvoled In pe~son Of by C8ftlfled mol" MEMORANDUM Shoold 01lhe! Monogomonl 01 R"w.Jen1 desire. IhO 01"'" party will o,acul" a momo<ondum 011101. ~Iment loo'" In () 101m sullabkllOl ''''OIdlng. SEVHlABllIlY It art'{ part at Ihls Apartment lease sholl be conslrvod to be unenfacoobfe, the remaining por'3 JhcJII ternan In lull 'Ole., (n:J elt<<:, 03 'hough (]('IV unen'Ofc~ pent -.,..,)f8 not Wllllen Inlo this leo~, rcNII(.. AGfI~r.~IitI-l: fhl. llf>Ortmenlloooe ood ony olfachments Cotlllllul" lhe cOfT'4)iele ood onllle CIQIElOmen'l>etween Itle port... hafelO, ort.I nootol .1010"""'" roode sholl bG binding upon ollhe< party. II being undeJllood and og,oeU lhul tI,l. ApoI1menlloo18 rrav be roodll1c-d only In wtlllr'Q .Igned "" lhe party against whom enrOlc,,""'nt ~ IOU\lh' IN WlINESS WlIEREOf, lhe por1l81 he''''o oove signed ONJ IOOIed IhI. 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WE: lISK 'llU\T ALL TEWlNl'S IU\VE RESPOCT FOR 11106E TE1WUS LIVIOO I\HOUlIU '1'llE.l-1 !tlnl RESI'EC1' 'l1J oo18E /lND DlS'lURI3I'Itr...ES. MANl\GfMfNr ItESDWcS '11IE IUGIIl' '10 'l'I\YJ~ IIlIV ElChlbl12 , c. Description of the Accident Ms. Rosenberg was standing on the balcony of a second floor apartment. She fell faint and fell over the railing to the ground below, The walking surface of the balcony was 9 feet 3 Inches to 9 feet 4 Inches above ground level. The balcony was protected on two sides by a wrought Iron railing, the top rail of which was 33-1/4 inches above the balcony floor, Various building codes make reference to a 42 Inch guard rail height requirement for protecting people from falls from elevated surfaces, The railing system at this accident site was 8-3/4 inches lower than code requirements cited by Mr. Brogan in his report. D. Causes of the Accident This accident was caused by a railing which was substantially lower than the 42 inch height requirement called for in building codes. The 42 inch height requirement has been found to be the height which, based on anthropometric studies and human factors experiments of human fall mechanics, provides optimum safety in preventing falls and minimizing the injury effects of falls If a fall does occur. The failure of the building owner/property manager to properly recognize the fall hazard potential due to the excessively low balcony railing, and his failure to install proper height balcony railings, created a significant risk or likelihood of exposure to falls. This combination of hazard and risk created an unacceptable danger to users of the balr.ony. E. Analysis Falls from heights typically occur when individuals are confronted with guard rails that are less than 40 inches in height. This occurs because the placement of the person's upper torso slightly over the guard rail causes a rapid and extreme enough shift in their center of gravity to pitch the entire body over the guard rail. Building codes commonly enforced in Pennsylvania municipalities (e.g" The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) National Building Code and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's "Pennsylvania Code" of the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Occupational and Industrial Safety) both reference a 42 inch height for guard rail systems protecting open sides of elevated walking surfaces. such as balconies. Anthropometric studies published in 1974 measured various human physical traits, primarily such factors as size, mobility and strength. These studies have shown that the 2.5, 50 and 97.5 percentile centers of gravity height for U.S. males is approximately 34.6, 37.9 and 41.2 inches, respectively. The anthropometric data for U.S. females Is 32.0, 34.9 and 37.8 inches, respectively, Ms, Rosenberg is 67 inches tall and was wearing 1-1/2 - 2 inch high heeled shoes at the time of ttle accident. Thus, without her shoes, she was just under the 97.5 percentile; however, with her shoes on, her "effective height" was approximately 69 inches, placing her in the 97.5 percentile of U,S. females, The choice 01 an effectiv/il height for a guard rail at an edge has been determined 10 be 42 inches based upon experiments using anthropometric dummies, These experiments simulated various postures of humans as thllY lean against or walk into a guard rail at a brisk speed, The experimental data published in 1976 indicated that the chance of the / I/..'J dummy going over the guard rail!. ,.1 eased rapidly when the top of the b .drd rail was positioned at heights lower than lhe centroid of the dummy. The experiments led to the recommendation that guard rail height should be approximately equal to the height of the centroid of the 95th percentile composite male population In the United States. 42 Inches - with the subject In a straight posture on a level surface. As the width of the guard rail is Increased, the risk of overbalancing apparently decreases resulting in a possible relaxing of the 42 inch rule where tne width of the horizontal guard rail Is greater than 6 inches and the adjoining Interior surface Is level. Under these circumstances, the minimum recommended guard rail height should not be less than 48 inches minus the minimum width of the top surface of the guard rail. In Ms. Rosenberg's accidant situation, a 33 inch high guard rail would be Justified onlv if the top horizontal portion of the guard rail was at least 15 inches wide, which It was not. F, Findings Within a reasonable degree of professional certainty, and subject to change if additional information becomes available, it is my professional opinion that: 1. Ms. Rosenberg fell over the balcony railing and suffered head and face Injuries, and some injury to vertebrae. Those Injuries were consistent with a head first fall. 2. Available scientific studies involving anthropometric data have shown that the most effective (safe) height for a guard rail is 42 inches. A 42 inch high guard rail would have stopped the fall of a 97,5 percentile male or female. 3. The guard rail at the accident site was 8-9 inches lower than the recommended guard rail height established in anthropometric studies. Therefore, it could not be expected to prevent a fall of anyone except for a 2.5 percentile female, 4. From a human factors and anthropometric standpoint, and in order to afford maximum safety, the top, horizontal portion of the guard rail at the accident site would have to be at least 15 inches wide in order to justify a 33 inch railing height. Clearly, the existing guard rail did not meet that safety requirement. 5. This excessively low guard rail created a condition that was unreasonably hazardous to persons using the balcony. /Z~/Lfi Ronald D. Schaible -, I!lchlbh 3 ,~, "..~ (~) , KIMBERL Y ROSENBERG, Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA v, : CIVIL ACTION - LA W CHARLES A. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/dlb/a MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES,INC" : NO. 97-6870 CIVIL n !',,- 0:. "'TJ.o-, Delimdants : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED [!)(~; ~:.. "_! PLAINTIF'F', S ANSWElRS TO [;,;',,, DEFENDANT'S REQUEST FOR ADMISSIONS ~~ ::,', DIRECTED TO PLAINTIFF. KIMBERLY ROSENBERG ?~:--~ :r....". L. TO: ' Kimberly Rosenb~rg and her attorney David B. Dowling, Esquire Rhoads & Sinon, L.L.P. One South Market Square, 12th Floor P.O. Box 1146 Harrisburg,PA 17108-1146 ~'l ..... '" ~:-> .:ll -" , '- ',-1 ,-:: ., -r~ ...e ~;. I ;,d (.~ " '0"".1..) -';J :.J,I '. ~l \ -,- \-.!("j ~l :>Jrn =t':! ::"".> ~n '0 -< Please take notice that you are herehy required, pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil ProGedure 4014, to serve upon the undersigned, within thirty (30) days after servicc of this notice, your responses in writing under oath to the following request for admissions. Respectfully submitted, HARTMAN & MILLER, P.C. By: .lti<' jJ,fa~ Jack M. Hartman, Esquire Supreme Ct. J.D. #21902 Drew P. Gannon, Esquire Supreme Ct. J.D. #74680 126 - 128 Walnut Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 (717) 232-3046 Attorneys for Defendants Dated: 5"'-/5--'1'1 ) 'I :I I, Do you admit that the wrought Iron railing on the balcony of apanmcnt 31 OB. Market Street, New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, the loeation of the accident which is the subject of the Complaint, was ineorporated onto the balcony between the years 1968 and 19707 Yes ' No / ' - - If you have answered "no" to question I above, please state all evidence in suppon of your contention that the railing was not incorporated Into the balcony between 1968 and 1970, Please state if you have no such evidence. ' It is unknown when the railing was incorporated into the balcony as no construction blueprints, drawings, or the like hav~ been provided by the Defendants to Plaintiff, 2 /'/9 ~ VI '.. r.,: .... .., t., "j .!' c; ~ ~(: .. -. .~ .. L:.. .i ~fi] '.1_ N ~ ,'oj rr.' ~'... \" Q, l'ltd LA, :.. I ~L.. f~- C/l '; t3 CJ:l ~j 0' 0 . .. . . 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So 22 right now I don't really hayc an address. 23 Q wru.'Il you mention campus, is thBt Smith 24 College? ~. ^ Yes. GEIGER & l.ORIA REPORTING SERVICI! 1-800-222-4577 Multi-Page"" !*'\ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS PBge 4 I Q Let me just go OYCr somc deposition rulcs, Ir 2 1 ask a quesllon and you're not sure of it, would you just 3 Il.sk me 10 repeat it'l 4 ^ (Witness nods head affirmatively.) 5 Q And t1u: court reporter eBn only take down 6 verbal responses. So rnther thllD shBking your head, if you 7 could verbali7.c your BnSWer. 8 ^ Sure. 9 Q And if YOllllDswer B question, thl."1l can I 10 Il.SSUme thaI you underSI(Kld whBt Ill.sked'/ II A Um-hum, )'Cs. 12 Q Are you taking any mcdieBlions currently Ihal 13 mighl Bffeet your ability 10 Bnswer queslions fully 10 the 14 beSI or your Bbility'/ 15 ^ IIllkc a pain medication, but I did notlllkc 16 any today. So the answer is no. 17 Q Now, you ml."1ltioned Smith Colll.'ge, Could you 18 explain whBt you're tBking right now, 19 ^ I'm in u Msster's program for clinical social 20 work, 21 Q And how much longer do you have to go'/ 22 ^ About a )'CBr and a half. 23 Q And did you start Ulat last June? 24 A Yes. 25 ~re you currently working in any eapacity'/ PBge 5 I A No. 2 Q Where wcre you living in 1997 before the 3 accident? 4 A 1229 Bridge Street in New Cumberland. 5 Q How lon~ had you lx:en living there? 6 ^ Since Noyember of '96. 7 Q Did you haye any roommates there? 8 ^ Yes, two. 9 Q Wi,"t ue their names? 10 ^ Mara Viti, M-a-r-a; Viti, V-i-t-i; and Kerry II Vogelsong, K-e-r-r-y, V-o-g-e-I-s-o-n-g. 12 Q Who was your emplo)'Cr at that time? 13 ^ Dell Socialization Services. 14 Q The accident occurred on March 6th or 1997'/ 15 A Yes. 16 Q Do you remember wbat day of the week that was? 17 A Thursday. 18 Q Did you work that day? 19 A Yes. 20 Q What are your normal work hours? 21 ^ Approximately 3S to 4S hours a wcck, varying 22 -. sometimes 10 hours a day. sometimes less than eighl. 23 It's flexible depending upon my duties for the day. 24 Q Do you know whBt your hours were on the dBy in 25 uucstion, the dilV or the accident? ""'1_1 .-- Pag~ 2 - Pag~ 5 . , t , , , . . . . . , , I' , , . .' . i' . . . , '. . i' ,. , . . . . it . :. " . t 't . i. I . ) . ROSENBERG, KIMBERLY 05/12/98 ~\ Multi-Pago'" r~ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Pagc 6 I ^ I beliovc II waa I prelly .IIDdard day where I 2 wenlln II DI"" IDd Inft belweeD four IDd ny.. 3 Q Do you r,",ulllf .nyd1inS unu,u.1 0' """,.rul 4 happened.1 work OwI'loy" 5 ^ No, Dolhlll8 thotl rcc:IU. 6 Q Wh.t ~i~ you do .fld' work? 7 ^ I went bom. Ind I bid dinocr. And wbll. I WI' K 0111"8. I rcc:clved I pbo"" coU from Michele. ~ Q WhDt ~id you h.vc fn, dillner, if you recull'! 10 ^ I'rob.bly pl.lI. Tblt WI' .. thlt ,"ould be II typicII. 12 Q 13 ^ 14 Q 15 ^ 16 Q 17 ~uy'/ IS ^ Ycoh,l would DonnlUy ..lloncb. I don'l 19 rcmcmbcr whit I bid but ... 20 Q Do )'ou r-:Gul1 approximutdy what time: you hud 21 dinner that evening? 22 ^ I think it WI' clolOlo ICVC.. I'm lryill8 10 23 recall wbat TV .bow w.. on. t think it was close to lICvec. H Q Belwa:n 5 and 7 p,m, wh,:. you left work and 25 Brri\'c:d home and made dinnc.,. .. Did )'ou consume any alcohol wilh yuur dinll~..r" No. Did you callunch dUll day? I'roblbly. Is lhut your nonnul CU~lOl11l.o cat lunch eVl;TY Page 7 Page 8 I fow Ihill8' lad I would moet up with her WheD I WI. nDi.bed. 2 Q I'm not swc ho'N fOf Conch's is from your 3 It.ilknc., 10 Owt lOnu:th\ns you walk to or did yuu drivc'/ 4 ^ I droyo Ih<:rc. 5 Q Do you "",.11 wholtim. yuu ."iy...d" 6 ^ Not prcc:ilCly. II WI' .om.time bcIW<lC. 7:30 7 ..d 8:30. II could haw been I.ter. I U1C1., I didn'l K really notic:o the lime. 9 Q Du you "",ull wbal you wcn: doing .fter the 10 phnn. ....11 befolt you Icft to gu 1I1O.~ Michele'! II ^ I don', rex.lI, nt). I mean, I un IUlpecl bUl 12 .. wa.hed my di.he., thot .ort of thlll8. \3 Q Genaul hou.ehold chore." 14 ^ Right. 15 Q Did anyonc c1~c 80 with you" 16 ^ No. 17 Q And the only JX.'1'son you wac n1l.'Cting wus 18 Michele'! 1~ ^ 20 Q 21 arrived'! 22 ^ 23 Q 24 ^ 25 Q Right. Was she thac waitin~ fol' you when you Ve.. What did you do at Couch's Cmncr'l We 1I1k<d. Did you eat Ilnything c~'ie'l 1 ^ Um-bum. 1 ^ No. 2 Q .. i. u...... unything .pa:ificolly th.t you 2 Q Did you ':onsume uny alcohol there? 3 n.1ucmlx.-r doing? 3 ^ YC!S. 4 ^ My typie.1 day would eooli.1 01' problbly 4 Q Do you recall whcther it was beer or liquor? 5 c1caning up, mlkill8 .om. phooc ..U.. '\rIightcniag up my 5 ^ It was beer. 6 room, lalking 10 my roomm.tc., daily .Iuff. 6 Q Du you remember the kind of bee,? 7 Q Arc you on uny type of cUiclsc program or 7 ^ No, I don't rcmember specifically. It wsa 00 K Wc'TC you nl OwttuJu:'! K tap. It was in a glass. We didn't order a bottle, I do ~ A Program. 00. 9 know thBt. 10 Q Did you ever exercise af"," work'! 10 Q Was Ihat a draft Ix:cr rrom the har or did you 11 ^ Afler work, .om.time.. Nol in Much, bull II s...la pitcher between Ihe two of you? 12 would rnllerbladc. It'. alittl. cold in Mueb. 12 A No, it was a drart from the bar. 13 Q Did ynu ellt dinner by yourself! 13 Q Do you remember how many drafts you had? 14 ^ No. my roomml'" Kerry wal tbcn:. 14 ^ Tw". 15 Q And thr.n you menlioned that Michele 1101'1'. 15 Q Did you do anything else while you were there. 16 c,lIa! Do you "",all wholtime that wa.'! 16 play darts or play pool, anything of that sort? 17 ^ '11111 WI' while I WII Dllill8. So il WI' ulIond 17 ^ No, we just talked. 1 H lOyen, maybe quortcr of, U1.yho I little bit oftcr. I K Q Do you smok...? 19 Q And Whlll was the nature of her call'! 19 ^ Ves. 20 ^ She wlnted mc~) go oul with her. 20 Q Wcre you smoking while you wen: there? 21 Q And did you make plans'! 21 A Yes. 22 ^ Urn-hum. Ye., we did. 22 Q Do...s Michelc smoke? 23 Q What were L""SO plan..' 23 A Yes. 24 ^ The plan WI' thal.he wa. going 10 leav. 10 go 24 Q Was she olso smuking? ~~ '.0 COlch'" .!:<.!.~! I Will Boiog '.0 fini!.~~'i~~ Ind do I___.--,_~_~_Yet. O1l101lR & l.ORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-1I00-222-4S77 Page 6 - Page 9 Page 9 ROSENBERG,KIMBERLY 05/12/98 ~", Multi-Page'''' ,....'''! ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Pu&e 12 Puge 10 I Q Do you reeull how long you stayed Bl Couch's 2 Com<:r'/ 3 A Let' I see, we len close to II, I do remember 4 thll. We bolb noticed lhc lime around wben we len 10 ... 5 Q What time would you nonnBlly go to bed on B 6 weeknighl'/ 7 ^ Normllly on a weeknight? K Q Yes, 9 ^ DelwCl:n It and 12, 10 Q And did you have to work your nonnul duy the II next duy "r .. 12 ^ No. 13 Q Did you hBye Friduy off/ 14 A I did baye Friday ore 15 Q WIlS there Bny pllrticulur reason why you hud 16 thlll duy off/ 17 ^ My ralber'l uncle bBd passed aWBY. I was 18 going to B runeral in Pbiladcl~bia. So I WBS leaying at 19 like 11 .. to or 11 the next day. 20 Q And I missed that, who hlld pllssed UWBY'/ 21 A My f'Blbcr'B uncte, my great uncle. 22 Q So you were Bt Coach's Corner ror 23 approximutely thre<: hours, from 7:30 or 8:30 10 II '/ 24 ^ Yeah, it.. il didn'l seem quite lbBllong, 25 three bours, but-- I mean, since I don't recall when I got PBgC II 1 there.- I M'=8D, [' d be gucsaiD8. 2 Q lIad you .tayed lherc the whole lime while you 3 Wc.TC there? Did you go out,idc or anything CI5~'! 4 A No. 5 Q After yuu left 01 around 11 o'clock, did you 6 WAlk to Michele's apl1runcnl? 7 ^ Yes. 8 Q When: had you purked yuur car? 9 ^ The p8lki"8 101 behiod Coach'. Comer Idjlceol 10 to lhc ODe in fronl or Michele', apartment. II Q What wu. the weather like lhat duy? 12 ^ I'm prclty IUfC it w.s I dear Diahl. It 13 wasn't especially cold. I meaD, i1 was March, but it wasD', 14 rem.rubly cold. 15 Q Do you m:all what you \\'ere wearing? 16 ^ Ye.. 17 Q Could you tell me, 18 ^ I bad bllr.k corduroy plolS OQ lod I bUrJundy 19 'Welter. 20 Q Do you know what Ole 'Welter WIU mude nut un 21 Wa~ it lJ wool SWtutcr'l 22 A I think it was . colloo wool blend. It WIS 23 prelly heavy. 24 Q Oid you have like 11 turtleocck un or anything 2~ like that'! GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4571 I ^ I bad I T-.birl underneatb lblt. 2 Q lIow wore you fceling when you _t kl 3 Michele', place? 4 ^ Arter lbc blr? ~ Q Yes, 6 ^ How wu I f..II"87 I'loc. 7 Q Could you describe k) 111" wlull happened when 8 you gal 10 Michele', opollmeul 9 ^ We ..1 down io her 'plrtmeol lod we cootioued 10 IAlki"8. 11 Q What room of the IIpllcuru:nt were yuu in? 12 ^ Well, Ihcrc'.. Iillle Loble th.ol'.,orl of io 13 the Iivill8 room, .orl of io the kitcheo area. It'. like ODC 14 big mOlD 10 ... 13 Q You "'-"" at Ole table. though? 16 ^ RiSht. 17 Q And you continued 10 ~tlk, Old you hove I R auolher drink? 19 ^ She bad opened Iwo mom been, bUll didn'l'- 20 I m.y have bed I lip. I dida'l drink iI. 21 Q IInd you h",.'n 10 her apartment bernre? 22 ^ Ye.. 23 Q lIow mony times? 24 ^ Mooy, 15,25,30 mlybe. I dno'llmow. I l~ would .lop b,y Ihcrc Ifter work se il WI' .omelime. I very Page 13 1 short yisit. 2 Q loere wa~ previou~ r.:stimony that she'd only 3 lived io the upllrtmetlt since February I Olr. or 1997, 4 ^ RighI. ~ Q Would you say you were there almost daily 6 the1l? 7 ^ ThBt'S correct, yeah. I stop by there 8 rrcquenlly. 9 Q Did you w'lteh any 'IV or look at Ilny piclures 10 or .n)1hing of lhat sort? II ^ Not lbat I recall .- well, I know we didn't 12 turn the TV on, but Michele pulls out pictures a 101. I 13 don't recall wbelber we looked at .ome lbat nigbt or not 14 Q Was there u specific rca~on why you left 1 ~ Coa<h'~ and WC1lt back to her place'/ 16 ^ We reltlike it. There was 00 resson. 17 Q Were you smoking al Michele's place'/ 18 ^ Yes. 19 Q How long did you two talk? 20 ^ Not yery 10118, maybe 20 minutes, I balf hour. 21 Q 00 you recall what you were discussinR? 22 ^ No, I don't. 2J Q Were YOll discu,i,iing the rlJncnl you Md 10 24 allend the ocxt duy'/ 2 ~ ^ No. ----- Page 10 - Page 13 \.. I" ,It .. .. .. .. ~ ~ .. '. , '. .. .. .. .. .. .. :, .. .. .. .. , :' i' i' '. .. , . , . , , , , , , , , , , ROSENBERG, KIMBERLY OS/12/98 .-....., Page 14 I Q Could yuu describe what happened OIeXl, 2 A You mean when we wenl oul on the balcony? 3 Q If that', whal happened next, )'\:S. 4 A OlLoy. Well, we WCRl .",th .mokl"ll and Michele , baa a fairly .mall .pUlmanl .0 -- Ibc window. WCRl .bul. 6 II wa. prclly .moky In Iharo, it wu prclly .tufTy. So I ? .ald, you know, I lbink I .-J 10 Il"t aomc air, It'. prelly 8 lIuffy In hera. And.he .aid, 00, lei'. go oul on Ibc 9 balcnny. So.be w.. .illi"lllO "'y tefl, got up and walked 10 behind mn, ope...J Ibc cIoor and I followed ber oul. II And .he ,Ioppxl righl hy the donr and I walked 12 10 Iho olbcr .hla of her on ber righi, And we conlinued 13 talkl"ll and .be .aid .omelbl"lllike, bow.... you doi"ll or i. 14 I.bil beller. I .aid, ob, )'1:811, t fecI f11lO. And I wa. " looking up atlho ok)'. I remember it was a clear night 16 bccalLlO it wa. a foil moon and I could IIC<I lbal. Aod my 17 band. wcrc ",.II"ll on lbc n11i"ll. t wa. .landiog abonl a 18 u you know,. ltcp away rrom it and that \\'1. the last 19 lbi"ll lbat I l'ClI1cmbc:rcd. 20 Q Now. when you got up In go ouuide, wen: you 21 feeling Iighl'heullcd? 22 A LIBhl-beadcd, like I .-kd lome air. I moan, 23 jualllke II w.. .tuffy in lbe apartment. 24 Q Were you fceling nou'cou,? 2' A No. I 2 3 4 5 6 ., 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Ij 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 .._ 2S Page 15 1 Q Did you have any shortness or hreath? 2 A No. 3 Q Were you haying any heart palpitations? 4 A No. , Q And it's YOW' testimony that it was Michele 6 Hofra's suggeslion that you go out onto the balcony? ? A Correct. S Q Had you been out on the balcony before? 9 A Yea. 10 Q How many times had you lx.'Cn out there'! II A A few times. 12 Q Was there any rumiture out there yCI'! 13 A Not thBt I recall. 14 Q I'm going to show you a picture that was I' praYitled by your attorney, Is that you, the side or you? 16 A YeR. I? Q h thatapproxilflBtely where you were standing 18 on the balcony whc'tl the accident occurred'! 19 A I was looking upwards so I think my arms were 20 a little slraighler and I wos a liule bit further away. 21 Q And your hands were resting on the railing 22 like that? 23 A Yeah,just my fingers, like thaI. H Q Did ynu feci any danger of f.llin~ at that H time? Multi-Page'" " , ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 16 A No. Q Did you at MY time fed like you were going to become ill or throw uf! while you were Bt the railing'! A No. Q Now, you mentioned thnt Michele was on the balcony with YOll, A Yes. Q Arid referring back to this picture, she would have been elollCr to the picture taker -- A Correct. Q -- or to your left lIS you faccd out'! A She would be .landing OYer here. Q WBS she Blso racing out, do you know'! A She was racing me. Q And you were continuing to carry on B conversation'! A Yes. Q 00 you know why you fell'! A No. Q What's the last thing you remember before fallipg? A 'The last thing I remember WaS remarking thBt it wa. a beautiful night. I -- that was the laRt thing I remember saying and thinking. Q You '\\Ore stund~ng still at that point, though'! Page 17 I A Rig"" 2 Q You didn't trip In your knowledge or aoything 3 of that snrt'? 4 ^ No. S Q To your knowlc:dge did the railing ,lay in 6 place" 7 AYe.. 8 Q And wilen you bad your haOlb on i~ it wo,,,'l 9 loose or anything like that? 10 A Nol that I "",all. II Q Why do you think you feU'? 12 ^ You mean u you want me to gueS! or n 13 Q No, 1 don't want you to guc.., 14 A I have aD idea. IS Q Fair enollllh, What do yoa f'CIru:t"ber ncxl oltn 16 you lell? 17 A Well, Ibc first lbi"ll t.ball remembl:ml wa. l8 waki"8 up in Ibc ho.pital, in Ibc emcrsency room. Later 00 19 I Bollome na.hel of I.yi"ll on Ihc pltlU"lllot and tbe 20 ambol.acc lll1'ivi"ll and lbi"lll like lbal. 21 Q Do you remember the police officer at aU? 22 A Laser 00 I did. 23 Q 110' anything elle come buck In you Iately'1 24 ^ Well, mosl of it came back -- bas """'" back 10 2S me. ._---.--- OI!lGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4S77 Page 14 - Page 17 ROSBNBERG, KIMBBRL Y 05/12198 " I 'P '" Mu tl- age Page 18 ROSBNBERG VS MORRIS PBgC 20 I yur befon: tho ""elclcol. 2 Q And did he p",scribe the medicolion os .oon os 3 you "uw him or wus it sometime after? 4 A No, thaI wu .omelimaaflcr. I would ..y thai ~ w.. .omclime -- ..bat would be .omelime (0 tho fall of '96 ot 6 _Iy WiDIcr. 7 Q So within SD)' six month5 of the occident he H hall prc~il:ribcd thi:l medicBtion? 9 A II could ha"" been 10Dller. Like I .aid, I 10 cIon'llClllly "",all. II Q How often woulJ you IlIke the Alivan? 12 A I look illell tbaD five time. IOtal. 13 Q Could you describe for me the IYJ'C of stn:" 14 thot w"lUld CQU.\C your heart munnur l4,) net up or wh.1t the I ~ symptoms you would f",1 were, 16 A Mollly job-n:lal<ld .1rc:1I. 17 Q And how would thnl affocI you physicolly? 18 A l'a1pi18lioD'. Tbc heart mwmut I ba"" i. 19 b..ically hannle... II" jual uncomfortable, where I feci 20 my bcart .kip a beat aDd theD beal .. il would be npid fot 21 a .bort period of lima and I'd Iakc a few deep breath. and 22 it would .Iow doWD, So back 10 normal. 23 Q A.ide from Dr, Muclla. was there ony other 24 phY!lician Y~lU 511W for that condition? 2~ A Do you meaD ever? I Q Do you bave any more RlCollcclion of the limc 2 period immcdial<ly before you fell or while you fell'/ 3 ^ Not Dther thaD whall'"" Iotd you. I DJCOD, 4 iI'. very ylyld (D my mind. I cau remember the IeD.alioD' ~ Df .laodl.. thc:rc,lookJDIlal the .ky, I mucmber lookIlIII 6 II MicOOIo. II', very yivid 10 me, but oothiD8 ellC ? occurred. thaI'. III thai bapJlC1lCd. 8 Q Hod you Iaken any medicalion. thaI day" 9 ^ No. 10 Q Were )'011 on ony prescription medications ot II dlolllimc? 12 A Wa. I 00 any prclcriptioD medications? 13 Q Yes. 14 A 1"m lOrry, could you ~~ iln't that tbc lame a. I~ wa.I llIklD8 aDY Dr" 16 Q Like today you didn'llllke your paio 17 IIlCdiculion. although you have it and you could have taken 18 it. 19 ^ Okay. 20 Q Arc lhcrc any medicalion. thal had been 21 p...cribed for you? 22 ^ Yea. 23 Q And whal wm: those? 24 A My doclor bad pn:ocribc:d an aoliaDlliely 2~ medicalioD wbieb I bad 'lopped laldDllIC!,cnl mODth. prior. Page 19 I Q Let Il1C finl a,k you whal wos the namc of thaI I Q Ves, 2 physician? 2 A Veah. I bave aceD -- leI" ICe. My parcolo 3 ^ lbol would be Dr. Scali Mueller. 3 alwayo knew t bad a heart mwmut, allhougb the palpilalioDo 4 Q And whal wa" the namc of the mcdic.lion? 4 didn' I become pronounced unlil '88 WOOD I finllcfl for 5 A II'. AlivaD or Lora7.Cpllll1. 5 college. They ..,01 me 10 a cardiol"llisl iD Laot..lcr. And 6 Q h that the same thing 3S Valiwn? 6 then I.aw lomWOC else my pan;otl leot mc to in New YOlk ? A No. 7 Whc:D t WI! hom... I -100'1 recall their Dame'. This wao like 8 Q f'low. you menlioned LoralCpom I!nd Alivan. K ~. maybe lllw r.bcm ooce 01 twice. 9 ^ Well, one is a BCocric and one i. ~4 Valium is 9 Q Can you explain why you....~ in LancB.'Jtcr at 10 Oio7.CpAm. 10 thar, lime" II Q And wMt was the condition lhat thnt wa'l II ^ 1 wa. alteodiDM Millenville Univcnity. 12 pn:stribed for? 12 Q Now. when you would have the palpillltioM. 13 A Well, the bcart mwmut thai I had bad w.. 13 whnl o\hcr phy.ical symp",m... if any. would you have" 14 Induced by olre... ADd moolly I bad eapn:locd my discomfort 14 A luallhc ooc:o I dcoeribod. 15 with il n with the heart mwmut WbeD il bad oceuncd aDd be 15 <I Would thtn: he any 'WCllling involved" 16 'U8lIeo.cd thai I lry this DloCdiealioD 10 1Ce;r II would 16 A No. 17 le'IeD the fRqUCDCY of the palpilalioDS. lie s"ve me a very 17 Q How aboullil!)ll'hcu~cdne..? 18 .mallomounlofpill"jual.orlofalrill. IdiOO'lwaDI 18 A No, 001--00. 19 to continuo. 19 Q Do you recall di'cu~ning your medical 20 Q Do you remember when lhosc WCfC! nnt 20 C( ndition with Michele Hoffa 0." the C'r'coing in question? 21 prestribed for you? 21 ^ 00 lbal cvcniDll? 22 ^ lOOD'1. 22 Q Yes, 2J Q How klna: h.1'VC you been ~l'Cing or hud Y(Ju bo:n 23 ^ No. H .ceing Dr, MIJCU<r a. YOllr fumlly pI.ly.i.:ian7 24 Q After you weill'" the hospJlal. 1 understand ~.^ I have been accioB him (fW .ppr~aim.1tcly .~.___J1-~ou Wlore rt\euIi~I thAt evtni~~_._~_____._._ 0I110BR &\ LORIA RllPORTINO SERVICE \-800-222-4577 Pagc 21 Pag" 18 - Pagll 21 I 1"1' - RIS Pllge 22 Page 24 I A Yel. 10m 2 Q Do yoa know who brought yoa bome" 2 ^ Yes. 3 A A friend of mlllC who'l a paramedic heard ur J <J lIave you had any prior faiming spells" 4 \he ..tldeDt DO hiJ .callDC1' IUld Michele had all" called him 4 ^ One. ~ around \hat time IDd he drove up from Yark IUld he took S <J And when was that'l 6 Michele IUld I home. 6 ^ That was i.. '117. 7 Q Do you know his nnlne? 7 Q When you were in high schooI'I 8 A Scan. S-c-a-D. Nam, N~.-m. 8 A Yes. 9 Q And did he ju,t drop you off or did be .lIly" 9 Q IIBd you had any previous episodes of k'Cling 10 ^ lie ltayed. 10 light-readed'! II Q Your rtSpOn5CS to the interrogatories identify 11 A Not that I can recall. 12 11 nwnbcr of witnesses and I just Wolnl to go through tb...'1fl. 12 Q What is YOllr understBudinll or your hcllrt 13 Fint I believe your porall'J \\Ia'C identified. 13 condition now'! 14 ^ My fllba IUld Itcpmothc1. 14 A It's a murmur basically. IS Q What do lb...")' know about the accident? IS Q Are you still on Bny mcdicBtions for the heart 16 ^ They uTived March 7th to talc me to \he 16 murmur'! 17 prollhcdontllt and \hen Iftcr that back to the hOlp.tat and 17 ^ No. 18 tIwy WClll tbcnllhrolll\hout my .tay .t\he hospital. 18 Q Had you had any prior traumas or Ilccidcnts 19 Q Aside from your father, your stqunnthc::r. dccs 19 bcrore March of '97'1 20 she have any knowkdgc about your ooart condition or WI1~ 20 ^ Traum:as or accidents" 21 that something 'hat Wll~ resolved heron: lb.:'}' got married? 21 MR, DOWLlNO: He mcans like an automobile 22 ^ No, they'vo been married ainte 1 was fairly 22 accident or something likc thaI. 2J YllWl8. She would koow what I know probably. 2J THE WITNESS: 1 was in a minor CBr accidcnt a 24 Q Sarno-me identified n~ Joan Rosner, 24 few years ago. 2~ R'o-5~n-e.r? 25 BY MR, OANNON: Page 23 Pagc 25 1 ^ That'. my mother. 1 Q Do you know when that wu:i7 2 Q Jerf Oridgeman'! 2 ^ Oh ~o.b. '96, I think, January of '96. 3 ^ That'. my fiance. 3 Q Were you injured in that accids:nt'! 4 Q Docs he have any knowledge about your physical 4 ^ No. 5 state before the acci,k.'Ilt? 5 Q Wr::rc there lltly olher inJurk:i you can 6 ^ Yes. 6 n.."manbcr'l 7 Q How long had you b<.'1..'Il S<.'Cing him befolC the 7 ^ Do you mean like eyer? I broke my IlIIl when I 8 neeldc'Ilt? 8 was. kid. Is that wh81 you mean7 9 ^ Atmost -- I'd say it was about eight or nine 9 Q Yes. things of that 50rt. 10 months. 10 A Olbcr than that, DO. II Q And where was he living at the time of the 11 Q Cmlld you describe for me to the best of your 12 acci,k..,,,.'1 12 I1bililie\ the injuries that you sU!ltained as 11 result of Ihc 13 ^ lie was liying in Stale College. IJ faU, 14 Q You also indicate Michele Hoffa and then you 14 ^ I fraclum! my skull, my 00"", my cbcckb<J1IC 15 may call one or more of your employers You mentioned Dell 15 and lo.t .. sbeltered a rcw loClh. . few olbcn WCRl 16 Sociall/.lltion who was your employer at the lime of the 16 chipped. I f",crum! four ""rlcb,... I had lOlIIe liver 17 accident. Have you had any employers since that time? 17 damase, I wal hcmOl1hasing internally, .Dd lome ioteltioal 18 ^ No. 18 damage, Thole arc the major +- ot.OOr than other miaor cutl 19 Q So would it be fair that when you mentioned 19 and bruise., th., w.s it. 20 one or your employers, would it he a supcrvisor within \lell 20 Q What surgery have you undergone? 21 Socialization') 21 ^ Related 10 \he accideDt? 22 ^ I .uppose. 22 Q Yc'l. 23 Q Who is your .. or who Wo.\S your supervisor? 23 A They had to cnnutthe f..cture In my ,ku11 24 A Dan Stroup, S-t-r-o-u-p. 24 bccau... the buoc. wouldn'\ heal .- \hey woaldn't ....1 2S Q And is hI' the one .Q1a~u~--"Pp'rove .11Ll'Eoe ____ ~.5. l.o8ethe' I~ \hey pu\ a pIa" in my ....d. _._ ..-. .--_'_0 - - ROSENBERG, KIMBERLY 05/12/98 "'\ (..... ROSENBERG VS MOR Multi-Page'" omm!R & LORiA REPORTiNO SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 I'age 22 - Page 25 ROSBNBBRG,KIMBERLY 05/12/911 -"', Multi-Page 1M ,"'''' ROSENBERG VS MORRIS PBge 28 Puge 16 1 Q Whao i. \hat I""otal'! 2 ^ II pm\y much coven my lorehead. J Q Wa-c lhcn: any other 'lIf1!C'iC$'! 4 ^ No. 5 Q And then you undawcnl opl deBl of dcn\lll 6 wor~, I unda.lBnd'! 7 ^ Ve.. Doct thai ioeludo oral 'UJ1lcrio.? S Q Well. why don'l we jU,1 clurify \hat Did you 9 have In)' t&Xth ranovcd. or any rool canals? 10 ^ t hod th..... rool canal. aod oue .. 0110 toolh II IoLllly ealnu:led and 11l01bcr 0110 partially eatraelcd. 12 Q lI.d you had .ny prior 'lIf1!C'i.. bcro~ lhc 13 accident? 14 ^ I had bad my Ioo.il. 001 tbc year belore 15 .nd-- 16 Q Any olbcr .. 17 ^ .. my wi.dom lC>Cth oollik.o .- I doo'l know, I IS w.. io biSh ,chool. 19 Q AOY other .urlPies'/ 20 ^ No. 21 Q II.. your lower b,,~ healed'/ 22 ^ 'l1>atl duo'l know. Tho lall '-IIY' \boy look 23 were~. Wenl in SeptaDbcr .ad two of lhc fractures were not 24 bcalod "' \hat lime. 25 Q 1I0v. you bttn tmlling with .ny orthopcdic Page 27 I your bllCk ,ine<: lben? ~ ^ No. J Q An: you ,till in I,ain" 4 ^ Ves. 5 Q IInw docs thul puin c<lmpure 10 Lhe pBin you hud 6 in September? 7 ^ It's prclly much the same. R Q Do you engBBe in any ucliyi\ies 10duy'1 9 A Could you be more specific" 10 MIl. nOWLlNG He docsn'l meun loday as in II T1ICsday, he I1ICans generally in lbe lusl couple of wl:cks or 12 monlb I J 1111' WITNI'SS, No. I meanl could be speciry 14 a~livill~S. 15 BY MIl. GANNON 16 Q Sporting I)'PC IlCliyilics, rollcrhlading 17 ^ No. IRQ Do you buye any bobbies? 19 A Yes. 20 Q Whallype or bobbies do you hay,? 21 A Do you mean currenUy'I i mean, things thol I 12 do now days? lJ Q Wcll, lei's Slarl back al\he lim: of lbe 24 injury, 25 ^ .~re the injury? PBge 29 I doctor'l I Q Yes, 2 A Since thal,ime? 2 A I have a mounlBin bike thaI I used 10 ride a J Q Since Sqllr.tnbcr of '97. J lot, rollerhlBding, hiking, playing the piano. LeI'S see, 4 A No. 4 going 10 see banda. Liye mu.,ic I like a 101. S Q Who was thai that you 'ow') 5 Q And how aboul today, whal hobbies do you hayc 6 ^ I would havc 10 <heck. I don't .- 6 '.,>day" 7 Q W., \hat hc1c or in Ma"'lChu.o<ll''/ 7 A Well, I'm in scbool, I read a 101 and I plBY R ^ Thai was in l'hilB<k:lphi.. My molbcr took me 8 Ule piano when I have aceeas 10 one. 9 to see 800100110. 9 Q How about biking'! 10 Q 1$ there 11 !lpct;lfil: rea.'\on you went at that 10 ^ No. Ii tir.lc? \ 1 Q And tht: reason you no longer hike, is that 12 A I bad been haviDIIllol 01 back pain. 12 rdat<d In thc accident or Jusl because you',,", in schooI'I IJ Q Vou l1'.cntiono.! you had been having bac~ palO l) ^ MosUy related to the accident. I haye tried 14 Did thi. phy.ician in Philudclphia du anything to help that 14 10 walk, bull can't.. I can't do il for very long .0 15 condition? 15 there's no point. 16 A lie pn:se.ibcd a musclc relUCT and be wa.ted 16 Q Now. is lhat walking or hiking you can't do 1'1 10 run mora tealt. lie waokd an WRland.. CAT Ican. lie 17 for very long? IR said I would probably occd mOlc pby,ieal tbcrapy. 110 really 18 ^ Bither or. 19 said thai il was diffieulllo dIllcrmioc whal wuold be1p 19 Q And bow aboul riding a bike? 20 withou. .'QI'C Ie.... 20 A I can streclride ror a .hort pcriod of time 21 Q Did you go for thM. Ie""/ 21 bull can'l mnunlain hike. It', too bouncy on my back. 12 A No. 22 Q A,i,1c from your back .- and lhis is your lowcr II Q Why not? 2] back" 14 ^ I <ouldo', afford tbcm. 24 A ?5 Q H.lvl: you b<<n brll;k ~~o: a_~E~Y'iici;lnJ~:~__~__ 25 _.~-- '. . , ----'-- omOER &. l.ORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-8.00-222-4577 Yes. An: I~~C anl'..'!!!~er ongoing ~xrnptoms tJ:~t you Page 26 - Page 29 i :, , , , . . , . , . .. . . . . , . . . I' " " . . I' I' . , . . I' '. , \. i' , , :t I . . . . . ROSENBERG, KIMBERLY 05/12/98 Multi-Page"" ROSENBERG VS MORRIS PBge 32 r '''', Puge 30 I~~ I A 2 A You DlClIn phy.ie.l.ymplom.? l Q 3 Q Ves. 3 Illlely'l 4 A Oce..lonallen'.lion. In DIY bead. For 4 A On octa.lon. S oumple, t menllnocd Ilik.c 10 8010 ICC live b.ndl. S Q What malication I. it Olllt you're tnkinS? 6 Unf,>rtunalDly, tho Inud mu.le m..... Ihc plaID In my bead 6 A Dcmcrol. 7 vlbralD. So thai'. ..Ib.t'. unp.....nllO I n:ally don'l 7 Q And how oflen would you wke tIlIlt'/ 8 Ii... 10 Ii.wn 10 mUlle \balloud .nym""'. 8 A 1\ vane. lCeonllns J.o Ihc wcalhcr Ind what I 9 Q !low about any pain associo"'" with your mouth? 9 do Ibll dly. 10 A The denial work ccrlalnly e.uoc. plin. A. far 10 Q How about in a W1.'<k, could you eSlimole how II al on . daily balis, my jaw i. .. I can tclllhcrc'. . II mDny pills you take" 12 diUorcnee. Myjlwl'lighlDr. 12 A A fcw,lfcwinlwcck. leouldhavelwcck I J Q You mentioned denwl work CBuses pain. b 13 where: it .now. or it', very cold and I c;:auld take DOC every 14 tlrrc ongoiog dallal trcauncn,? 14 <illy. So Ii.... I uid il vane.. IS A Ye.. IS Q A.ide from cold weather. i, it worse with vcry 16 Q Could you de,eribe what you're currently 16 damp wtalhcr Iik. t.Jday? 17 m:.iving in that l'Cl!ard, 17 A Yel, 18 ^ At this point it'. morc or ICII maintenance to 18 Q Whal aboul your PWchologkal state or your 19 Iu:c:p Ibins. wbcnllboy an: bc:clUOC tho DC_I 'Icp would be 19 men,,1 ''''Ie. how are you doing in that l'C!lord? 20 brlee. Ind .ome implaotl .nd I 101 of lhlll!l' thllarc vcry 20 ^ You mean presenlly7 21 eo.lIy. Some \cC1b b.ve bc:c:n pul toselbcr wilb ,000e oondiD8 21 Q Well. ,inc. the injury and to tl1c p""col. 22 mllDri.1 whieb come. .pan from lime: 10 lime. So I 80 10 22 A Well, thins. arc c..'fIainly beller lbao II-cy 23 tho denli.llo hive bim pul thai b..k 1ll\l.Ibcr. 23 were. Durill8 lhc .wnmer I bc:sln b.ving 1101 of niShlm..... 24 Q How orlen would you ,oy you go to ,'" a 24 Ind I becamc in......in8Iy lllXioua. 25 denlist or 11 prosthodontist or any physician fo~ur mouLh? 25 Q What Wl.-re the .Ejjhunares about? Page 31 Page 33 I A At this point il"s more or leu on an 1 ^ The Bcocrallbc.,nc with .U the nightmares wu 2 CIDClllCDey ba,i., when .omelhins eOlDC' Iplll1. I do .. I havc 2 allaeu or Ihrc:al. 10 my .If.ly, beiDll mll8llcd. raped, Wu:n J Ilrr',almcnl plan, but 1'10 unable to ioiliatc the It.&ttinS of 3 bo.tagc, thins.likc lhlit. I bad. reoccurring dream of 'J any of tho work. 4 somcoDC comins into my bedroom at night, which wa. j Q 1'01 not sure I und~rstand. h then: B plnn 5 lCTrifyiog, and lometimes the dream occurred in tbc hospital 6 for future work 011 your mouth'! 6 room, people -- OWl'lC1 were frequently comiD8 in and out of 7 AYe.. 7 my rnom lod Ibll would wake me: up. I WI' havins I 101 of 8 Q And what i, ,hat pllln? 8 circum. lilu: \bal. 9 ^ To the best of my knowlc;der. it would consist 9 Q Did you di~cuu this with OIlYO~, as 10 the 10 of braces for six months to a year. And when they would to source 01' cau~c of the nightmares? II come orr,lbcy'd pulln impl.nl in for Ihc: \cC1b th.l.... I J A I did bellia _ins Ilhcrapi.1 in ScplDmbcr. 12 mi..iD8 Ind lbey would h.v. 10 beal for .ooul ni.. montb. 10 12 Q Is thut Diane Sinsa? 13 I.bc Do... befOlC Iboy would"" Ible 10 Iliac. a loolb nalo 13 A Y CI. 14 il. Thll" for Ibrc:c ...Ihrc:c: """.b occd. po<l.od. crown 14 Q Had you ""n anyone before tIlIlt? I Sand lhcn IMlveral other lcc:1b arc chipped. And Ih.1 would be 1 S A I ..w .omcone: oaee "' Kai.....Pmn.nlD. whieb 16 lhc IUllbinjjt lhallbcy would do ia fi_ Ibose, bondins 10 10 i. Ibrouat. my .It,d.nl pi.., I '"W somcooc. Dul .inee I wu 17 Ibo.. 17 mavins 10 Boaloo, I dido'lreaUy ICC tho poinl in 18 Q You 8110 mentioned liver d/lmllge and infest!nill IS cootinuina wilh ODe penon. 19 damage. Ha1 that ha:n cum! or ri:ted? 19 Q Do you remember when that vi~it wu? 20 A A. far OJ .. I man, I 'Iopped bcmonlasios 20 A Som.limc bc:hvcc:n lWMl Ind AlJ8UIl. 21 Ifter. couple of day. io Ihc: bospilll. I hove bod 0 101 of 21 Q Woo tl1cre ever any lCIt, do.. 4) see wbctlxr 22 .'OIIllcb prob&c:ms Ind Or. Mueller riD somo tests. We Wall 22 it wa$ mwication n ,idc: effccli of the medication cau.,in8 23 unlblelo \ell whelhcr \.bll "'.. .ide cffects from .lIlhe 23 the nigh4nare,? 24 mcdintioo 01 ac:tu.1 damago Ctom tho accident. 124 ^ Any 1C1ts dooc7 1 Wllo't OD medicatioD.' ~_'L-._.~I'jvc: YI)U bt:c~~_~~~.~~E..~~~~:.n laft~:~_..___~_.!h.t timo. I've been nn 0IlC pain IDcdieltion. Have you been having the slOmoch problems GllIGE!R & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 Page 30 . Page 33 I ,I " I I , I I I I I , I I t t . ~ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 36 ROSENBERG, KIMBERLY 05/12/98 .."" Multi-Pogo'" PBge 34 I Q Hoy.the nlshUJUlR:S di..ipoled? 2 A '\bQy'vc do:<rcucd. butlhcy havc Dol ccaoed 3 completely. 4 Q Did you ever hove nlsh011BIa before the S occhknl? 6 A No, nol other than tho occaolOlUlI cblldhood 7 Digbtmorc, 8 Q How ofleD do you 'co Dione Singer? 9 A I DO longer """ her, but I did IClCl her wookly. 10 Q Fron. Scpl<mbct Wllil when? II A Unllla few wccU ogo. 12 Q And whol did .be do for YOIl'1 13 A She provilkd poycbotbc:rapy. 14 Q Wo. it .triclly rel.1ed \0 the occhlenl" 15 A Yeo, ond lh.al wao tbo ""000 wby loougbl 16 ltCalOleDI. 17 Q If you could ju" cxploin 10 lI1e. whnllypc of 18 Sluff did you discuss? 19 A Wcll, we lalk.cxl abouI . 101 uf dlff""'DI 20 thlngo, my foolingo of anxielY, of impc:Ddlll8 doom, of -- I 21 wao cxpccliD8 .000cthiD8 terrible to happen to me al auy limn 22 aDd thai ,,"uoed me a tol of byper vigilance. t foUDd il 23 dlmcull to COOCCDlrate OD my iDternobip iD Iklolou. 24 Q 1I0d you ever hod these foeling' of anxiety 25 before the occidenl? PBgC 3S A No. Q Hod you ever scx:n B therapist or anyone else aside from Dr. Mueller before the occident for anx.iety? A No. Q A.ide from your allOrocy. who el.. hove you spoken with about the lleddellt, Bnd a.'lid.: from your medical providers? ^ My fiaUlCO and my pllf"Cnll, . Cew close frieDdJ. Mool people who know me know thai il oceurred. They found oul wbile I was iD tho boo pi"'\. Q Doe'i that include Michele Hoffa as someone you've spoken to about this? ^ Yel, yel. Q And asi&:: from this morning. wheu':s tk: liut lime you 'pok.e \0 Micbele 1I0ffo? A t lalk.cxlto her OD tho pbone OD SundJy. MR. CiAm/ON: Let's ju.'it go off the record for I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 IS 16 17 '8 II minute. 19 (DilCussion held off the recmd,) 20 BY MR. OANNON; 21 Q When you y.'a'C in Mic~te' s apartJnent on the 22 ni~ht of the accident, was it warm in her apl\rtmCt\t? 2J A I believe il w... 24 Q Did you still rnl'wc your sweater on at t.hl.1t ~ lime? ____.. -- OElOER & LORIA RllPORTINO SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 Yes. Was thBt one of the rellSOns Blso why you wcnt 1 A 2 Q 3 outside'! 4 A I imll3ioe it was, 5 Q You nu..ntioncd that you hBd bC\.'1l on t1~ railing 6 before'- or excuse me, on th.e balcony before the nigbt in 7 qw:stion. IIBd you eyer hccn in the same position before, 8 near the r ~iling looking oyer'! 9 A I don't recall. 10 Q 1bcre's also B mention in the records of a II prescription ror erythromycin, Do you recall eyer taking 12 lhat roediealion before your acci<k.'11I" 13 A I'm sure I did, but I dOD'1 recDII. Do you 14 meDn before the aceident'! 15 Q Yes, 16 A TbBII don't know. 17 Q And you wouldn't know what thai would have 18 hexn prescribed for'! 19 A To the best of my knowledge it's aD antibiotic 20 00 I would assume it would be prescribed for s nwnber of 21 things. 22 Q You weren't haying any illncsses before the 23 fall such as the l1u or an eU infection'! 24 A I bad bad my tonsils out the swnDler prior to 25 the sccident so I had bad sizeD for a few mODths. I badn't Page 3., I tKx:o sick since I had my toosils out. 2 Q Aside from Dr. Mueller. wt:rC then: any o\hcr 3 family phY5ician~ you had been seeing in the few years 4 leading up to the accident.? 5 A No. 6 Q And 1 underslnnd from reviewing the ouxlical 7 rccord~ that you had trunsfonxl from B bunch of diffm:nt B s~hools you werc atll..-nding for college; is that correct? 9 A (WilDOn Dods bead amnnalivcly.) 10 Q Do you recall any specific problem, thai S<Il( II you to tile school infinnarics during those yc.un? 12 ^ No. I mOllD, olbcr IbaD, ~ou know,lhc 110 or 13 oowclbiD8 like WI. 14 Q With lttlard \0 YOW' claim for wage loss, I 13 undcrswnd from your an~wcn to the intcrrogalOric.'J it', 16 l1ppro:<imlltely (our to five YICC~~ that you mi:tKd from work" 17 ^ Ye,. 18 Q And then you had been plannin~ \0 relurn \0 19 school in June on:;way? 10 A Allhe lime of lhc aecidenl. wa. Dol)llt 21 accepted to ,cbool. So, DO, I wa.D't planni"lllO leavc work 22 .1 lhallimc. 2J Q DUI you would hove Iert work even hod you nol 24 bi.d the. acdtknt onco you got l1cccp~I'? 25 ^ Yel. Page 34 - Page 37 . " I , , , . . . II . . II . . . . . , , . " '. t . . . . . . . . . . . . . '. . . . . . ROSENBERO, KIMBERLY 05/12/98 PBgC 38 I Q Had you Inl<lldcd 011 working in any capacity 2 while you wen: In school from lunc forwanl? 3 A Yea. 4 Q Did you work In any capacity? 5 A No. 6 Q What work had you hoped \0 oblllln? 7 A I bad .upporlcd myoclf throllllh unik:JBndualll 8 by wlilrc"ins, b'lIlhalliDO of work i. DO lonser .. oplioD 9 for mo. 10 Q And why i. tlull? II A I elD'1 bead or 11ft bcovy tRy. oDd u I 12 coo'I.. I jual CID'I do lhallype Df pby.lul work. 13 Q Did you allanptlO so;urc any other 14 employment? 15 A No, Iclually I dido'!. 16 Q Doe. the school offer work Sludy or anything 17 along t!lose line.? 18 ^ No. 19 Q Afll:r the accident you wen: examlnal hy 20 different cal'diologislS Bnd alleast t.hc record., I've sccn 21 they MVC come up with a diagnosis of 11 vasovagol episode" 22 A (Wil""" DOOs bc<Id Iflirmltiycly.) 23 Q Is that your unda'llInding as well? ' 24 A Thol'. whatlbcy told me. ~ Q Do you knuw what that menn.? Pagc 39 A Sort of. Q Could you just explain it to me U best you undcrntlnd it. ^ Prom whtlt I undc:r.umd, ii',. nerve in the brlio Ihll qulllea the bloocl pre"wc. ADd wbeo the bloocl prellwc drops too low is when you Caint and when it Beta \00 biBb you blvo I bcarlaltaek. So if tbcrc'. I problem in the vIsov"Sll QCl'VC, then it dOClo't regulate it prOJK.'tly .0 .- the Tilt Tlble Te'l w" IUPpoacd to confirm Ibll but il DOvcr did. Q A' of now, is it your understanding that you have that condition or don't have that condilion or you're not 5ure? I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 12 2l 24 25 -----.-..----.,--------. ^ I'maot.u.n::. Q Ha'fc you had any cpi~OOcs. any fainting ~pelh m ligbt'hc:ad<<tncss since the accident? A No. Q Arc. Ikn:: any olba physical complaints or injuries. tbat lire ongoing thai we haven'l alroldy di~cwuCl.I? A No. I mentioDOd bcadocbea lod the back palo. Tho back paiD i. n:oUy tbe mo.1 ., the biuesl pmblem. MR, GANNON: That's. it, thmlk'l, (rhc: deposition wa~ concluded all1 :47 a.m.) (]1!I01lR &. l.ORIA RllPORTlNO SBRVICll 1-800-222-4S77 Multi-Page'''' r___ ROSENBERO VS MORRIS PBge 40 I 2 ('OUNTY UP DAUPlIlN ,sa 3 COMMONWEAl'l1l OF PI:NNSYI.VANIA 4 1, Teresa K, Dcur, R':porter-Notary l'ublie, 5 Buthorin:d to Ildmln.ster oaths within B'Id for the 6 CommonwCBlth of PcnnsylYDniB BOd take depositions in the: 7 \riBl or CBUses, do hereby certiry that the rOf\.'8oing is the 8 testimony of KIMUERl Y ROSENUERCi, 9 1 further certify thBt before the taking or 10 said deposition, the witness w"s duly sworn; th"t the II questions IIIld "nswcrs were taken down stcnogr"phic"lly by 12 the s"id Teresa K, DeBr, " Reporter-Notary Public, "pproved 13 Wld Ilgrccd to, and Bnerwlltds reduced to typewriting under 14 the direction or thc said Reporter, 15 1 rurthcr certify thIlt thc proceedings Wld 16 evi<k:ncc BrC contained rully and lICeurBlcly to till: best or 17 my Bbility in the notes tlll"..n by me on the within 18 deposition, Wld thllt this eopy is B correct lrllnscript or 19 the satnC, 20 21 22 23 24 25 In testimony whereof, I hllye hereunto subscribed my hand this 25th day of May, 1998. -niiuJCIJCiif;Rtporlti"~- Notary jl\lbhu M)' WmmllllQII Cllpirt. on April 13, 1999 -- Page 38 - Page 40 I II ;1 , , , , , , , . . . i, , i' I' :. . 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[II 26:22 -y- - YCUt41 4:22 20:1 26:14 31:10 yean III 24:24 37:3 37:11 yellJ) 15:12 37:20 York1J121:6 22:.1 YOUDBtl1 22:23 yourself 1'1 7:13 , - ROSENBERG, KlMBERL Y 05/12/98 -.., GEIGER & I.ORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 Multi-Pagc1>l 1"", x-rays - yourself ROSENBERG VS Index PajC 6 ...... -., 4 1 Morris, trading and doing business as Morris Laundromation 2 Serv ices, Inc. If I ask you a question this morn~ng that 3 you're not c~ear on or you don't think you have understood, 4 would you ask me to repeat or rephrase that question? 5 A Okay, 6 Q And if you don't think you hear a question, 7 would you ask me to repeat it also? 8 A I will. 9 Q The reason for that is that there's a court 10 reporter here and she's taking down your answers and we're 11 going to assume if you give an answer that you've heard the 12 question and that you understand the question. Fair enough? 13 A Fair, 14 Q Is there anything that would prevent you from 15 testifying accurately today? Ar.e you on any medication? 16 A Wouldn't know of. no. 17 Q How are you employed, sir? 18 A I'm employed by Morris Laundromation Services, 19 Incorporated, 20 Q Wha:: do you do for. them? 21 A My title is vice-president and general 22 manager. I'm the. you know, sole operator. 23 Q Describe for me what Morris Laundromation 24 Service is. 25 A Morris Laundromation is a comlf,ercial laundry GEIGER & LORtA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 -', iU",'l 5 1 distributorship and we own and operate coin laundries in the Harrisburg area. I ! 2 3 Q How many do you own? Twelve. 4 A 5 6 Q Is this 12 separate locations? Yes, it is, but I'd like to make a A 7 clarification right now, I thought we had this ironed out, 8 but the -- our corporation has nothing really to do with 9 this property case, in that the insurance company does bill 10 the corporation because the corporation has property at this 11 -- or has interest at this same location. 12 In other words, for different reasons, the 13 insurance company bills our corporation, in which the 14 corporation divides up the billing to the landlord, which is 15 Morris Properties, but this is -- this property in mention 16 here with -- and all with the court case has nothing to do 17 with the corporation. The corporation does not own this 18 property. 19 Q Okay. Who owns -- Charles D. and Florence A. Morris, as like 20 A 21 it's stated there. They are the owners and proprietors of 22 the property which I am the operator of that because I'm the 23 in charge of. I'm the oldest son. 24 Q Just so we're clear, the property that we're 25 talking about today -- GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 ,'\ f'""\ 6 1 A Right, 2 Q -- is a second floor apartment at 310 Market 3 Street, Apartment B; is that correct? 4 A That's correct. S Q And that's in the borough of New Cumberland? 6 A That's correct. 7 Q Describe that property for me, I mean, not 8 just the apartment, but describe the whole property there, 9 A It's a very old property, At one time it was 10 a governor's mansion, a governor of Pennsylvania lived 11 there, Geary, Governor Ge~ry. 12 Q How long ago was that? 13 A Way back, approximately 200 years, but we had 14 my father had bought the property in the late sixties, 15 Q I think there's reference somewhere to 1968? 16 A Right, late sixties, 1968. And shortly after 17 that, between that time and 1970, it was renovated into 18 apartments from several homes at the time, The old mansion 19 was made into 1 ike row homes, townhouses, you tRi.ght say, and 20 then we renovated it into apartments near the time of 1970. 21 And it's been -- it'S been basically just like that since 22 1970, with the exception of whatever is needed as far as 23 appliances or painting and, you know, normal repair. 24 Q The property at 310 Market Street is deeded to 25 who as far as you know? - GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-45'77 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -" (,"j,., 8 o And five apartments? A Right. o Are the apartments on the second floor? A That's correct, second and third, ThlS particular apartment is on the second. o And it's your testimony that your parents purchased this property in approximately 1968? A That's correct. o And they are the deeded owners of the property? A That's correct. Q Morris Laundromation Services, Inc, is not on the deed and is not Qn owner? A That's correct. o Now, when your parents purchased the property, describe for me the condition of the property. And by that I mean was it row homes, was it apartments, was it one large home that they converted into apartments? A Well, to start with, as the property is today, it was three different parcels. They were deeded three separate .- for us to acquire the place as it is today, it was three separate proper.ties, o One of which was this mansion you've referred to? A Two of which was that. GErGER & f.,OFHA REPORTING SERvtCE 1-800.222-4577 -, "",", 9 1 Q Okay. 2 A And where the laundry is was a lot, a vacant 3 lot, but there was three parcels which compromised what it 4 is today. 5 Q And they were purchased in 1968? 6 A Yes. 7 Q Tell me what was done to make it the way it i3 8 today. 9 A Well, the governor's mansion or the big 10 mansion, as we call it, it was two separate owners and 11 one building, but it was separated sometime way back through 12 the years, It was a big brick building and fairly sound, 13 good condition, but left just -- real big trees and old 14 windows and just an old building, at which time we divied it 15 up into apartments and completely renovated the whole 16 building. 17 Q Is that when the apart.ment that \~e' re deal ing 18 with here, which I think is Apartment E, was constructed? 19 A Yes. 20 Q When that apartment was constructed or framed 21 out, for lack oE a better word, was the porch that we're 22 dealing with there? 23 A Yes, 24 Q Was that porch part of the original structure 25 as far as you know? GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 ,,r'~~'. 11 1 Lemoyne. 2 Q And was that sometime around 196B as far as 3 you know? 4 A It was after that, during maybe -- mostly '69, 5 but by 1970 it was all finished. In other words, we didn't 6 start on it immediately when we bought it, It took time to 7 get it, you know, all done. e Q The railing that we're going to talk about 9 later, do you know if that was put in in 1968 or 10 thereabouts? 11 12 13 14 15 16 through Miller & Norford. 17 Q They were the general contractor? 1B A Right, It was the way railings were put up 19 then. It was a wrought iron, heavy welded railing. 20 Q What kind of a railing, if any, was there 21 before that? 22 A I am not positive, but I think it was a wooden 23 Victorian type of banister railing type thing. 24 Q Do you know if thele are any photographs of 25 the old building back in 1968 when you bought it? A Yes. Q Yes, it was? A Yes, it was. Q And do you know who installed that? A No, no, more than - - but it was handled GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE I-BOO-222-4577 ,- 1 A I don't know of any, 2 Q Now, in addition to this property at 310 3 Market, do your parents own any other properties in and 4 around the Harrisburg, Central Pennsylvania area? S A Yes. 6 Q How many? 7 A How many? 8 Q Yes. 9 A I don't know. I mean, approximately? 10 Q Approximately, yes. 11 A About a dozen. 12 Q And are there laundromats in all of these 13 properties? 14 A Not all, no, not all, but mostly. That's how 15 we got - that's how they got their properties, by acquiring 16 property for that as a main thing. And a lot of them, like 17 this one, had more in scope than just the need for the 18 laundry. It had apartments or other things connected with 19 it. 20 Q The origination or the impetus, though, was to 21 buy acquir.e properties to put a laundromat there? 22 A Yeah, that was the main '" 23 Q And if there was space above it, you would 24 lease that out as apartments or renovate it for apartments? 25 A Right. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-457'7 12 " "-'\ 13 1 Q And there are roughly about a dozen of these 2 in the Harrisburg area. Does Erie Insurance insure all of 3 these properties for YQu? 4 A Yes, they do. 5 Q What is your. position with Morris 6 Laundromation Services, Inc.? 7 A Well, I had said that my title is 8 vice-presid~nt and general manager. 9 Q Could you describe for me what your duties 10 are, 11 A To run the corpoL'ate business" and also I take 12 care and maintain all of my personal property and my 13 parent's proper.ties. 14 Q Do you have an ownership interest in any of 15 the properties in which your parents also own? 16 A No. 17 Q And the 12 you've referred to in the 18 Harrisburg area are owned solely by Charles and Florence 19 Morris? 20 A Well, no -- yes. They own approximately 12 21 properties their self and I own personally, you know, 22 approximately half that, about six properties that I own 23 myself. 24 Q This is not counting the 12 they own; is that 25 right? GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 "'\ 14 1 A That's corrcct. That would be -- there's no 2 properties that we own together. I own properties and they 3 own properties themselves. 4 Q Does Morris Laundromation Services own any 5 properties? 6 A Oh, no. They don't own any property. 7 Q As vice-president, how would you describe your 8 rcsponsibilities? Tell me what you do day to day for Morris 9 Laundromation Services. 10 A I operate three separate type businesses, you 11 knoll, wherever needed, 12 Q What are the three businesses? Are they all 13 dealing with the laundry? 14 A Yeah, our laundries are laundromats, coin 15 laundries, if you will. It is probably the biggest time 16 spent, And they must be visited on a daily basis, each one. 17 And also the offIce type work, oversee that in conjunction 18 wIth that. We also in part of the corporatIon sell that 19 type of equIpment related to laundries. And then the third 20 thIng Is our properties, not owned by the corporation, but 21 propertIes -- whether it's apartments or commercial rooms is 22 all part of my job. 23 Q So in addition to handling the busIness 24 associated wi.th the laundromats, you're also, for lack of a 25 better term, the property manager of the rental properties? GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 ., "-', 15 - 1 A That's correct. 2 Q How would you describe your duties as property 3 manager? For example, would you handle tenant complaints? 4 A Some I -- some of which I do, but Melanie 5 Klein has the direct communication and working n daily 6 working relationship with tenants. She collects monies, 7 corresponds back and forth. If they have a problem, they 8 wi 11 call her and talk to her. She does a lot of that. If 9 there's somethi.ng that needs repaired or fixed, she has that 10 done with our staff. I don't get involved with all of it, 11 al tho1;gh I know almost everything that goes on, whether it's 12 small or large. 13 Q How many employees are there? 14 A Five. 15 Q And how many of those five are designated to 16 deal with either tenant complaints, tenant issues or repairs 17 to properties? 18 A Well, it would be Melanie and -- you know, at 19 the office level. And then we have one -- or two other, 20 beside myself, that -- depending on what it is, that would 21 be sent. 22 Q So if there are repairs to be made, they're 23 made by your employees? 24 A Yes. 25 Q Not outside contractors? -" GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 .,'" 16 1 A It could be outside contractors -- no, not -- 2 not normally for repairs, We do that in-house, yes. The ,outside contractors are used, but usually not while -- almost never while tenants are there, If we need something renovated when one's vacant, we'll do that at times. But when there' B a, tenant in place, we use 01.lr own people, Q Where is your office located? A 231 East Main Street in Shiremanstown. Q How often do you visit the laundromat or the property that we're talking about today? A Daily. At one time, at minimal, a day, absolute minimum I'm there, and sometimes two and three times, Q When you're there, if a tenant had an issue, complaint or concern, could they bring j.t to your attention? A Qh, yes. Q A Has that happened? Qh, it does. Not too often because we -- we 19 don't have a whole lot of that, but if they see me there, 20 that's fine, They can I'll look at it immediately or 21 I'll see that it gets taken care of. We do pretty good at 22 that. We have a good relationship with our tenants, 23 Q So part of your daily visit then would be to 24 look at the laundromat and incidentally while you were 25 there, If there was a problem with an apartment or a tenant GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 B 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ~, r-'\ 17 complaint, you would be able to handle that at least initially? A Oh, you bet, uh-huh. o And is that scenario basically what you would do with all of the laundromats and the apartments above them? A Sure, it wouldn't be any different there. o So you're kind of going around to these different establishments in a dual capacity, if you will? You're there to see if there's anything wrong with the apartments and also to work the laundromats? A Absolutely. o And when I say the laundromats, I assume what you do is you go in, make sure the machines are working, collect the money or whatever? A There's a whole lot of different things, but that's a good scenario, urn-hum, o Do you know how many rental units you have that would not be commercial, residential apartments? A Residentials. Approximately four dozen. That's not an exact number. Q I'm not holding you to it. I just want an approximate number. You have about four dozen in the Harrisburg area? A Right, GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 A Q A Q which is - - A Q work? A Q A Q A States Army. Q A Q A ...... GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE "'-', 18 1-800-222-4577 22 23 24 25 Q A Q A Q A Q A Q you? A Q A Q A Q remodeling? A " I ~"" ~ 19 Yes. So you do have a background in construction, Yes, it's just part of t.he job. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ",._", t""".', 20 o No formal training, though? A No. o Do you keep a list or any records of the repairs done to the various residential properties? In other words A No. Each job or repair that's done is determined through that year how it will be handled for taxes and the like and then it's once it's entered you know, the accounting type thing is handled, then it's there's nothing kept other than that. o Well, for example, if I wanted to obtain a list of repairs or renovations done to the apartment in question, would you have that information? A Mentally, that way, but not on paper. o Well, do you know since 1968 up until the present time what repairs or renovations were done to the apartment at 310-B Market Street? A I know, yes, when -- I mean, what was done, but not exactly what year. o Could you give me your best recollection of what was done and approximately when it was done, since we don't really have any written records of that? A Yeah. Okay, the apartment you mean that we're talking about at 310 Q Where Michele Hoffa lives. - GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 "'" ,-I, 21 1 A The apartment is -- the layout and everything 2 about it is the same since ite conception in 1968, '69, with 3 the exception of renovating -- like for instance we 4 remodeled the bathroom approximately six, eight years ago, 5 completely renewed it, like you might say gutted .it out, put 6 all new -- tub, toilet, flooring, that type of thing, 7 Carpet has been changed several times after each tenant. 8 It's usually painted, but nothing more than that. 9 Q Who designed the layout of the apartment? 10 A Between my father and Miller & Norford, it was 11 an in-house design for -- at the time a general way of 12 getting the most out of the building. 13 Q This is a one-bedroom apartment? 14 A Yes. 15 Q Any other repairs or modi.fications to the 16 property? 17 A No, 18 Q When you were making the repairs or 19 renovations, did you ever consult any safety codes or any 20 building codes? 21 A I'm sorry, I don't understand that, You mean 22 for what was done at this apartment? 23 Q Yes, 24 A r would -- I would think not -- no, not that I 25 know of. There was no -- what we done there, there was no GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 ,-'I., 22 1 need to go get -- find out about any codes. We didn't do 2 anything that we knew of that would have need for that. 3 Q Would this include also when you renovated it 4 in 1968? 5 A No, that was different then, I mean, it was 6 there was a building permit, there was continual 7 inspections. It was large in scope and it was handled 8 through the contractor. 9 Q Before you became notified of this accident, 10 were you ever out on the porch at Michele Hoffa's apartment'? 11 A Oh, yes. 12 Q Do you know about how many times, just 13 roughly? 14 A Oh, maybe a half a dozen. 15 Q Do you recall if you ever stood on the porch 16 in front of the railing and asked yourself is the railing a 17 safe height? 18 A I definitely never questioned that or wondered 19 that, no. 20 MR. DOWLING: These were already marked. 21 MR. GANNON: Okay, 22 BY MR, DOWLING: 23 Q I want to show you two photographs which have 24 been marked Exhibi t 1 and 2 and ask if YOll can describe 25 first Photograph Number 1. GF.IGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ,"-- , 23 Yes, that's -- that balcony is the one in A question. o And Photograph Number 1 is basically taken from the ground level? Oh, yes. And Photograph Number 2 also shows the balcony A 0 and the porch? A 0 A 0 A 0 Oh, yes. And this is taken at the level -- From the doorway of the apartment. Out looking onto the balcony or the porch? Right. Do you know approximately the distance from the porch down to the macadam parking lot below? A Approximately ten feet. o Before you became notified of this accident, did you ever measure the height of the railing? A No, o Has the railing been changed at any time since you became aware of this accident? A No, o It's the same now as it was when these photographs were taken? A Yes, nothing has been done. Q Have you described for me to the best of your G8IGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 --, ""'" 24 1 recollection the repairs that have been done to this 2 property since you bought it in 1968? 3 A Yes, I have. 4 Q When you are making modifications to not just 5 this property but other residential units, do you consult 6 building or safety codes? 7 A Yes, we do that -- we do that, of course, as 8 needed and just as part of the business to keep up with it, 9 myself or my people that work in that capacity do. 10 Q Do you know what codes or safety regulations 11 you would have looked at over the years? 12 A You're talking about any in general or -- 13 Q Yes. 14 A For other areas, other than right there, we 15 have run feasibilitles of doing things and went into zoning 16 and their requirements extensively for other projects, 17 parking setbacks, parking requirements, vegetation 18 requirements, retention, water retention. We get -- one 19 time or another you get into a little bit of everything. 20 Q Those would be more building restrictions? 21 A Right. 22 Q I'm talking more about any kind of safety 23 codes or anything llke that. 24 A Safety codes. We do that on a daily -- on a 25 regular basis. A lot of it is from the insurance company. GEIGER. & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 '-., ,'.-" 25 1 They come by and check our buildings. They'll ask us for 2 different things, whether it's marking low ceilings, steps, 3 emergency lighting, chimneys and flue requirements, 4 whatever. When they check a building, we -- and recommend 5 anything, we immediately get into it, you know, correcting 6 or making changes. 7 Q Has Erie always been your insurance company 8 and made these types of inspections? 9 A Yes. I mean, for at least 25 years. 10 Q Do you rely on what they say? 11 A Oh, yes. Not completely, but in -- what they 12 what they tell us, yeah, a lot of times -- that's at 13 random. A lot of times we do things on our own, you know, 14 without them. 15 Q But Erie Insurance as your liability carrier 16 would inspect your properties, make recommendations and you 17 would carry them out? 18 A Yes. 19 Q Do you know if they ever i~spected the 20 21 22 23 24 25 property here in question? A Oh, yes. Q Do you know about how many timfls? A I don't know, at least two or three times over the last year over the last 20 years. Q Do YOll kno'tJ who from Erie would have made the GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 .-......, ,1-'.\" 26 1 2 3 4 inspections? A I don't know. I can't tell you. I can't remember. Q Are you there when the inspections are made? A Usually not. They make them on their own, If they want us to be there for something -- no, that's -- maybe only one or two cases did they -- did we ever meet with them there. Q When they come to the apartments, do they have access to get inside? A That would -- there's no regular setup there. They inspect with -- without that and sometimes they have already asked and that's when we meet them there and make arrangements to show them in. Q Other than Erie Insurance, do you have any other outside agency inspect your properties for safety compliance? 5 A Q No. For example, you've never hired a firm to come 25 in and say tell me if there's any safety problems in here? A No, never have. Q And Erie, with respect to this property, has or has not issued any recommendations to you over the years? A They have. Q Do you know what they were? GEIGER & LORIA RE~ORTING SERVICE 1- 800 - 222 -457" 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ~, 27 1 A Well, I don't -- I don't remember right 2 offhand, but what they were was some years ago and they were 3 taken care of. They were -- whatever was asked was taken 4 care of. On the third floor of that same building there's 5 somewpat of a restricted ceiling height in which we marked 6 7 8 9 it like they asked with a tape, you know, and it says caution, you know, headroom. Q Is this in the apartment itself? A Not in the apartment, in the hallway. Q Anything with respect to the apartment we're dealing with here, Apartment B, I think it is? A Q Oh, no. Do you keep records of their reports or inspections? A We do for -- I don't know how long, We do for at least that year. I'm not sure if that's filed at the end of the year or kept on -- readily accessible, but we have it for a short time. Q If you know, how often would Erie inspect each 20 property? 21 A They don't have -- as far as I know, they 22 don't have a regular schedule. It's handled at random 23 apparently. 24 Q Do you have any kind of a maintenance log for 25 each property? I think you mentioned you have some tax maGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 .~, 28 records or something, but do you have a log of all repairs, maintenance or -- A No. Q -- things like that for each property? A No. Q Well, for tax purposes you have a listing -- some kind of a 1 isting of money spent on each apartment, don't you? A Right. It's determined whether it's capital expense or -., you know, how - - that's determined usually by the accountant '-- by us and the accountant. He may change it, but it's any expenses, we try to determine what -- how it would be handled and sometimes he'll change that. But like I say, that's done on a yearly basis. Q I'm not too interested in the tax treatment of it, I just want to know if there is a record somewhere of monies spent on each unit and I'm assuming that there is for tax reasons? A (Witness nods head affirmatively.) Q Do you keep those records or does your accountant keep them, if you know? A Well, we both keep -- we keep everythi.ng for that year. I mean, we keep -- we don't throw it away, we ha ve it. Q Well, for example, if YOll wanted to sell that -- GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVrCE 1-BOO-222-4577 , 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -, , ~""!~ 29 property, you would need to know how much money you spent on repairs over the years, wouldn't you? A Not necessarily, but we don't sell properties. We never sold any of our properties. o Well, some day you'll sell it, I assume. A That could be, but it will have to be appraised at the time. We don't no, we're not not keeping extensive logs of that for resale. o Before this incident had you ever spoken with Michele Hoffa? A we1r-e Yes. What types of things would you talk to her o about? A Very usual and regular relationship with landlord/tenant. We've never had any problem. It was very simple questions and answers or by talking to her it would be just maybe meeting her because I was there on the premise and she would come and go. o Did you ever issue any warnings to her about the railing? A Q porch? A Q Oh, no. Did you ever tell her to stay off of the No. Subsequent to this accident, did you have an GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-:222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ,Ii,,,, ,-.. 30 occasion to go up on the porch and measure the railing? A Yes, we -- after we heard there was a problem or a question about -- when we heard we got word that there was an incident there, we went down to investigate it, whether it was loose or what height and so forth, o Did you measure it at that time? A We did - - I did. I don't have the exact measurement. o Do you recall the height of the railing was about 33 inches? A I think that's correct. o Do any of your other apartments have porches with railings on them? A Yes. o Have you ever determined the height of those railings? We have. MO!lt of them are approximately 32 A inches. o Are any of them higher than 33? A No. o Have YOll measured them all? A Yes. o When did you do that? A I don't -- I'm not sure. Several -- we have decks and several -- instead of porches, if you will. Most G8IGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1CJ 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ~...\ ~_... 31 of those were fairly recently built and much newer than this porch with the railing and they're approximately 32 inches height. And we didn't really go back and measure thf.Jm lately, but we know that's what they were -- that they are and that's what the requirement was. o Are these decks at ground level or are they A Above ground level but not as high as nine, ten feet. Do you have any that are as high as nine, ten o feet? A No. o So the ones that you have that are 33 or maybe 32 inches would be what we would call like a backyard deck, they would be a few feet off ground? A A few, a few to more than a few. A few feet to six feet. o Could you tell me what municipalities the properties are located in? A Hampden Township, Cumberland County. o Anywhere else? A No. o So the ones we're talking about that -- the other residential units with the railings that you think are 33 or 32 are in Hampden Township? A Right. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ..~ 32 Q But these would not be nine to ten feeL high, the porches would not be? A Right, Q How is it that you recollect that they're 32 or 33 inches? A Because they were built near the same -- within a couple years of each other and that's the way that's the way the contractor at the time built them, according to code in that area, and we measured one and we know they're all the same. Q Did you measure the one before or after this incident? A Before and after. We thought it was 32, but we went to confirm it. Q What led you to measure that railing before March of '97? A Well, we measured it when we built it, you know, and -- and at the time it was not only the height, it was width. It had to be I think five and a hal finches between the Q Vertical posts? A Right, vertical posts, so a child couldn't climb through and so forth. We had that all under.stood then when they were erected. Q So in these pr.operties you measured both the GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 '-, ,-" 33 1 height of the railing and the distance between, the vertical 2 slats, if you will, at the time of construction and then you 3 went back and did it again; is that right? 4 A Right. 5 Q How many of these railings, other railings, 6 did you measure before March of '97? 7 A I don't know, 8 Q Would it have been more than the one in 9 Hampden Township? 10 A Before March of '97 -- 11 Q Yes. 12 A was during the construction of them and it 13 was it was they were built per the code. And I didn't 1.4 go personally, no, and measure them to check. I had a 15 complete understanding with the people that were building it 16 and they knew what they were doing. They followed the code 17 like they always do and there was no need for me to, you 18 know, double-check, I was watching them during 19 construction. 20 Q How many units are we talking about here in 21 Hampden Township with this railing and this deck? 22 A How many units have this type of deck? 23 Q Yes, sir. 24 A Five, 25 Q And as you sit here today, you're able -- you GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 ....., ~ 34 1 can tell me that you knew when they were built they were 2 either 32 or 33 inches? 3 4 5 6 7 8 Drive in Camp Hill, and also Number 9 Stone Spring Lane, 9 Camp Hill. 10 Q I think I've been provided wi th those records 11 or records of those addresses from Erie Insurance 12 documentation that we have.. Erie insures those also? 13 A Right. 14 Q Do you know if Erie inspected those? 15 A I don't know. 16 Q At the time that you made the renovations to 17 the bathroom at Michele Hoffe's apartment, do you know if 18 you consulted any building codes or any safety codes to 19 determine if any other structural changes should be made to 20 that property? 21 A I'm sure we didn't. 22 Q Specifically did YOll consult any codes to see 23 if the height of the railing should be increased? 24 A I can tell you we didn't. 25 Q From the time you've owned the property at 310 A- Right. Q What is the address of this unit? A- What is the address? Q Yes, sir. A Number 1 and Number 2 Prowell, P-r-o-w-e-l-l, GErGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 -, !..... 35 Market up to today, have you received any citations from any code violations from the borough? A Absolutely not. a Is the job that you have working for Morris Laundromation and also as property manager a full-time job? A Yes. Q Pursuant to the lease with Michele Hoffa and YOU've had a chance to look at that, haven't you? A The lease? Q Yes. A I'm familiar with the lease. Q You have what's called a right of entry, don't you, which allows you to come onto the property to make periodic inspections? A I don't know. Q Let me show you what's page 2 of the lease. Is that your signature at the bottom, Robert Morris? A Yes. Q I have highlighted right of entry, okay? A Right. Q I f you want to take a second to read that. A Yeah. Let me see this. There's two different 25 Q to a lease. There's a lease and then there's an addendum - GErOER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 '-, (,.-.\ 36 1 A This is the back of the lease, yeah. Well-- 2 okay. 3 Q Is it your understanding that under that 4 paragraph, right of entry, that you have the right at 5 reasonable times to come into the property or the apartment 6 and inspect it? 7 A Yes. 8 Q And would this include the porch and the 9 railing if you wanted to? 10 A Yes, that' 8 part of the apartment. 11 Q Did you have authority to sign this lease -- 12 A Yes. 13 Q -- as the property manager? 14 A Yes, power-of-attorney. 15 Q As power-of-attorney, does that pertain just 16 to the maintenance and inspection of the properties or is it 17 a general power-of-attorney? 18 A General. 19 Q You can sign contra~ts on their behalf? 20 A Oh, yes. 21 Q And manage funds? 22 A Monies and funds. 23 Q Don't take this the wrong way, are your 24 parents competent? 25 A Oh, yes. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 .~ ,- r , 37 Q They're simply not in the area, though? A Well, right now they are, but I mean they they also have a home, you know, away from immediately right here and sometimes -- sometimes they're not here, not, you know, readily available. Q Have you ever spoken with Kim Rosenberg about this incident, my client? A No. Q Have you spoken with Michele Hoffa? A Yes. Q We have her statement here and have you had 3n opportunity to review her statement, her written statement? A No. Q Tell me what you recollect her telling you about what happened. A She said that -- well, first of all, when we got written notice that there was a problem there, shortly after that I did see her and at -- I'm sorry, before -- before that she had -- there was some communication with Michele and Melanie Klein, our bookkeeper, that there was a problem there and someone got hurt. And then shortly after that, I ha.d spoken to her in person, in the hallway. Q Spoken to Michele? A Michele, right. Q Did you see her then on one of your inspection GEIGER & LORrA REPORTrNG SERVrCE 1-800-222-4577 r -''''''I .. 38 1 visits? 2 A Yes, but I did ring her bell - - J. rang her 3 doorbell and she had come out of her apartment into the 4 hallway and talked to me briefly, that was all. And she 5 reconfirmed the conversation with Melanie, that a friend of 6 hers -- a good friend of hers was there and that she had 7 felt faint and she wanted to get some fresh air. It was in 8 the winter, it was in cold time, and that she went out on 9 the deck and the first thing she knew she went over the rail 10 and fell down to the ground. 11 Q Anything else you recall her saying? 12 A And that the - - the other thing is - - I said, 13 well, it's you know, it's unfortunate and all, but, you 14 know, what was the situation? Was there a party going on? 15 Well, we were partying a little bit, she said, the person 16 did have drinks. I asked if they did. Were you drinking? 17 She said, yeah, we had some drinks. 18 And I sa:d, well -- dnd the only other thing I 19 said is that -- you know, I said, why didn't -- let me ask 20 you this, why didn't you mention this to us? And she said, 21 well, I was going to but my friend's insurance company got a 22 hold of me -- or lawyer got a hold of me right away and 23 asked me not to say anything about it, let them handle 24 this. And baslcally that was -- that was -- that was the 25 extent of the conversation. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 .-.., ,-... 39 Q The lease indicates that it's between Michele Hoffa and C.D. Morris Rentals. A Hight. Q Wh<"t is C.D. Morris Rentals? A Charles D. Morris Properties or Rentals. It's my father's and - - my folks rental property. Q Is that a corporation? A No, no, sole proprietor. Q And you are the agent for this company; is that correct? A Yes. Q And you signed the lease on their behalf? A Oh, yeah. Q The conversation that you had with Michele Hoffa, do you recall when that took place? A Not exactly. Q Do you know what month? A I think it was in April of last year. Q And the incident occurred in March; is that your understanding? A Yes. Q And the lease began February lOth of '97; is that right? A Q Yeah. Other than Michele Hoffa., are you aware of any GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE l-800-222-4571 -- r'... 40 1 witnesses to the fall? 2 A I don't know of any. 3 0 We're going to talk with Melanie Klein in a 4 moment, but what is her position in the company? 5 A I had explained that to you. 6 Q She's the bookkeeper? 7 A She's the bookkeeper and she is -- she is in 8 charge of -- beside being the bookkeeper for our 9 corporation, but she also handles all of the office work 10 with the tenants, phone calls, receJ,ving rents, seeing that 11 things get done and so forth. She's like a rental agent. 12 She's the person that rents, that does the paperwork, meets 13 the people and qualifies them for a tenant and has a working 14 relationship with the tenants. 15 Q Before March of 1997 could you tell me what, 16 if anything, you did to satisfy yourself that the railing on 17 this porch was a safe height? 18 A When we work in that apartment, we go out on 19 the porch, check the flooring, just -- the window that's off 20 of that, if the railing is loose and so forth. We had no 21 reason to question in our mind that -- the height of it. It 22 was there was no reason to, you kno~, wonder about that. 23 Any broken pieces or anything like that is what we look for. 24 you kno~, repair. We just -.. we didn't know there was a 25 problem. GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 .-..~\ r.....'\ 42 - 1 2 COUNTY OF DAUPHIN 3 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA SS 4 I, Teresa K. Bear, Reporter-Notary publ ic, 5 authorized to administer oaths within and for the 6 Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and take depositions in the 7 trial of causes, do hereby certify that the foregoing is the 8 testimony of ROBERT MORRIS. 9 I further certify that before the taking of ].0 said deposition, the wi.tness was duly sworn; that the 11 questions and answers were taken down stenographically by 12 the said Teresa K. Bear, a Reporter-Notary Public, approved 13 and agreed to, and afterwards reduced to typewriting under 14 the direction of the said Reporter. 15 I furthp.r certify that the proceedings and 16 evidence are contained fully and accurately to the best of 17 my ability in the notes taken by me on the within 18 deposition, and that this copy is a correct transcript of 19 the same. 20 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 21 subscribed my hand this 25th day of May, 1998. 22 23 '\ r--..;.., ,,\.< \ ,::i.,,,,.}., A. Teresa K. Bear, Reporter Notary Public My commis9ion expires on April 13, 1999 24 25 GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-45'17 . KLBIN. MBLANIB 05112198 I'""",, Multi-Page'" ""'" ROSENBERG VS MORRIS IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, PLAINTIFF VS NO. 97-6870 CIVIL CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMAT I ON SERVICES, INC., DEFENDANTS DEPOSITION OF: MELANIE KLEIN TAKEN BY: PLAINTIFF BEFORE: TERESA K. BEAR REPORTER-NOTARY PUBLIC DATE: MAY 12, 1998, 10:21 A.M. PLACE: RHOADS & SINON ONE SOUTH MARKET SQUARE HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA APPEARANCES: RHOADS & SINON BY: DAVID B. DOWLING, ESQUIRE FOR - PLAINTIFF HARTMAN & MILLER BY: DREW P. GANNON, ESQUIRE FOR - DEFENDANTS ALSO PRESENT: KIMBERLY ROSENBERG ROBERT MORRIS SUSAN P.HILSON GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 . . . . . . . . . . . ,. . . . KI.ElN, MELANIE 05/12/98 .~" Multi-Page'" I""" ROSENBERG VS MORRIS ""1' ~ Page 4 I TMl.l or (ONfl,.U I Morris. II. is your fatl>cr: is lbat Corro:l'! l 1 A VOl. "'ITHIt!lS J Olllr.CT 3 Q b your position with Morris Laundrmnation 1.1 rOil "'1.AIHTlrr . J 4 full'limejob" H,hlllt tcld/l , 5 ^ Ve.. . 6 Q And wbon: Is your omce loca!<d. wburc do yoa , 7 work" . 8 A Al 23 I Rear Ea'l Main, Sbin:man.lown. . 9 Q Could you leU me what your dUlic:i CUI11isI of " 10 finl os the hookka:pc..T and then us the u what Wl.TC' you, 11 II 1h.: pro(ll.Tly munllger? II 12 ^ Property maoll8cr, wn-bwn. Well, II far I. for 1) 13 the corporalloD, I do accounts payable, account. receivable II 14 work, .110 bindle officc"related illuc. or, you know.. at " IS our maio officc. I allo ~.ndle all the ",nil and paYlhle. .. 16 Cor lhc rental pmpa1ic.. I Icrocn applicants, tbcck " 11 17 credit, sigD leases, PRpRI'C tbe leaKS, collect rent, make " 18 ell:po.il.. " 19 Q 00 you pby,;cully go oulto lhc properties u> " 20 in,pec'. than fnr anything'! " 21 A I do. but Dol OS ~ rule. I mean, 00100 . lJ 22 rq;ular bali.. If lomeone moves out, lomctimcl I do 80 and " 23 cbcok the properly oullo make n to "'" abouI ",lurniD8 a " 24 dupo.il or Ihing. like thaI. 25 Q The in~pcctions. lhough. would you catcgori1-c Page 3 Page 5 I SllPUIAnON I the inspections to the cxtent they're done as being done by 2 It is hereby stipulated by and betWl'l." counsel 2 your futhl.,'! 3 for lbe respective purlies thaI reading. signing, sealing, 3 A Veah, be doc. -- be mainly doc. lhem. 4 ""rtifieation and filing arc waived; and that all objections 4 Q An:: you familiar with lhc building in 5 .xcepl as 10 lbe fonn of the question arc reserved to the 5 question. 3 I 0 Murkct. ApurUIlent D'/ 6 time of the trial. 6 A Yel. 7 7 Q Did you mc:cl wilb Michele 1I0ffa prior to 1x.7 8 MELANtE KLEIN. called as a witness, being B .~igning the lease? 9 sworn, testified as follows: 9 A YCI, .bel tame into my office. to 10 Q Do you know if t"':re are "",ords kepI of aU 11 DIRECT EXAMtNA nON II (If lhc maintenancc Dnd I\.-puir on ,hi, property since its t2 12 purchase? 13 BY MR. DOWLING, 13 ^ No, I would ,ay the",'. nollike a Cormal J.I Q Could you Slate your full name, pica",. 14 maintenance .chc:duJ.c, DO. IS A Melanie Klein. IS Q What type, of ""ord.. un: lhac tbat would 16 Q And is it Mrs. Klein'! 16 ~how tha: repairs IInd main~nallcc arid improvc:ma1l8? t7 A Yes. 17 II Well, any" I don'l think we would hIVe 18 Q Where do you Ii ve'! 18 anythiug that would be like . majntcoancc Ichedule or 19 A My exacl addreu? 19 anything like thai. I mean, I charge -- throD8h my paYlhle. 20 Q Ves. 20 I'll eh"'1le 0 ceriain main\c1l.lncc expcn'" to thai property 21 A 501 Sample Bridge Road, Hnola, Pe1lJlsylvania. 21 ond Ihing, lilce tha.. 22 Q /low are you employed" 22 Q For example. your fat.hct told WI tOOt .. I 2) A I am the bookkeeper for Morris Laundromation 23 think lx: said ..j;( or eight year:1 ago Ii new bathroom WU!I put 24 and properly manager for the .. our rental properlies. 24 in, okay. SOIllCWhm: there would be a ra:ord. wouldn't 2l Q A~ ~u know, w,: have just deposed Robert 25 there. of the fact that it wa, done, whc:n it W8,1 done and .-- "-- - -- omOER & LORIA REPORTING SHRVICI.i 1-800-222-4577 Page 2 . Page S KLEIN, MELANIE 05/12/98 -- Multi-Pago'''' "...., ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page M Page 6 A Um-bum, "'.. Q And lhcy were doin~ the in~pc:cti{)n'i a'l your in~uranl:e company? A Sure. Q _ And do YOIl r<<i111 makj~~~.L!~.~~~.:I":~~.___~__.__ OmGHR & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 I ~hungcs based upon their recommendalions'! 2 ^ AI thai property" J Q No, at uny property. 4 ^ Yeah, urn-hurn. 5 Q Do you re~all making any at lhal property. 310 6 Markel" 7 ^ I don'l recall specifically. I dOD'1 recall 8 specifically if there wero or DOl. I mean, I think there 9 was like fire n a 101 of n the lasl go-around there was 10 like exil signs they wanted aDd things like thol and we did II tI,al. 12 Q Could you tell me what you've done to prepare 13 for the deposition this morning'! 14 A Jusl reviewed, you know, related material, 15 paperwork thai I had. Thai was bauir.ally il. 16 Q What did you review'! 17 A Jusl, you know, my recorded statemeol. Tho\ 18 was bosically it, you know, jusI kind of glanced over tile 19 popers thai I have. 20 Q Anything thut you reviewed that did not come 21 ft<lm your attorney'! 22 A No. 23 Q Your recorded statemc'Ot dIdn't ~ome from him 24 "tld you reviewed that, right'! 25 ~__~ah, tile recorded .tatemenlthal we had Page 9 1 BiveD to SOlan I reviewed. 2 Q Your n-cordcd statement lhat you ~ave to SWUlo J Phihon, arc there any inllccuradc!i in lhut sbtcmenl as far .. IH you know? 5 A No. 1 read over il aDd oothiDll thai .- 6 oolbiDi.. nothing stood out to mc that Wi' inaccurate. 7 Q The railing that we're tnlking about here on g lhat porch, that wa~ not the miginl)l railing whc.'tl the I) PHlp<.Tty W()~ putchnscd, wn" it? 10 A 1 doo'l know tho.. ('m 001-' thai properly 11 was pUJcbascd w~n, you Imow, J wall I fcw year. oM. Jam 12 dol Iware or the: oriailUl .'-Ie or thll properly. 13 Q What i, your dlu.e or birtl),l 14 A Juoc 5th. 1966. 15 Q And thi. prop<.'rty W".. purclllloat .bOUI in 1968, 16 1 believe? 17 A Righi. I H Q How long hayc you ba:n employed in your 19 prc'icnt capacity? 20 A Sioco Aua",,1 of 1981. 21 Q Pril)f to thot lime 'N'Cre you in !lchool7 22 A Yeah. I bad -- you know, Ibcld I rew othe:r 23 job.. bUll hod a""" 10 lebool, ",.. 24 Q WlulllYPC of wurk dId you do before thlIl'l 25 ^ _~orWl II . bridal .b~~ ( worWl ror Page 6 - Page 9 i . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i' I' I' I' I I. I I' i, i, . . KLEIN, MELANIE OS! 12/98 ..'\ Multi-Page ,>< f"~ '\ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 12 Page 10 I Pennsylvania lligher Educalion Allislance Agency, thai's I 2 aboul il. 2 ) Q As purl of your duties .s hookkoxper and ) 4 properly maoager, would you go around 10 the laundromats 4 , every day" , 6 A No, 6 7 Q So you would nol go Ilround to inspect the 8 propel tics or visit the laundromats" 8 9 A No, nol as pari or my job, I mean, ju.,las 9 10 needed, you know. 10 II Q When did you lirst learn lhat someone had '"."en 11 12 injured.t this properly" 12 13 A We received the lel!.:r .. we received n lel!.:r 13 14 in the mail .. we received a let!.:r in the mail nboul il 14 13 firs!. I think il came cerlified, I' 16 Q Do you know if.. was that letter from my 16 17 office? 17 18 A Yeah, 18 19 Q And ullon receiving lhal, did you contacl 19 20 Michele lIoffa? 20 21 A Yes, we eonlaeled her. 21 22 Q When rou say we, would this be you and someone 22 2) else? 2) 24 A No, I eonlaeled her firsl nnd then.. and then 24 2' mv dad hnd a conversalion with her also, 2' Page II . , ^ (Witness nods head affirmalively.) Q Is that righI" ^ Yel. Q Do you know of Wly witnes,",s other thWl Michele to the fall? ^ No, I don'1. Q Other thWl whal you've told me, do you know how tllc 1'.11 occurred? A No, I don'l. o lIave you spoken with anyone ahoUl it besides Michele" ^ Jusl -- no, othcr than, you know, my dad and Susnn and our agenl. I called our agen!. Q The agenl who sold you the insurance? ^ Um.hum. Q Did you notify him as soon .s you gol my letter? A Q you? ^ RighI. Q Were you present when Michele gave her 5tatcmcnt to Eric'! A No. r) We~lU present whe~ lhe railing was measured Page 13 We did. And then Susan Philson frnm I'rie spoke Wilh I Q Whcn did you contacl her? I or in"pcclOO by anyone'! 2 A As aoon as I received the lel!.:r. 2 A No. 3 Q Did you mcet with her? ) Q When did you [jut .peak with SUlan Phil'lOn'! 4 A No. 4 ^ After we had given our agenllhc lelter -- a , Q You lalked 10 her on l~c phonc" , copy 01 lhe letter, .he conlaeled ua, came 10 our OmC<l and 6 ^ Urn-hum. 6 that', when ,he look. our ltalcmcol ~~ look my slalcmcol. 7 Q What did she lell you ahout what happened? 7 Q Ju.t", we can have you identify tlx:.e, COUld 8 A She said thai ber friend was over and thai she 8 you id<nlify Pho4'graph, I and 2 for u.. 9 had.. you know, wasn'l fceling well, walked oul on the 9 ^ Thia i. Nurubc:r 2. thia iatho balcony 10 the 10 balcony and had fallen over. 10 apartment, Apartment U, J10 Markel. ADd tbi. i. .landing in II Q Is thaI ba,ically il'! II the parkiog 101 looking up at the balcony 01 the aame 12 A Thai's prelly much it. 12 apartment, 13 Q Ifave you had an opportunity 10 look ul Michele I) Q A/ld the: .ceond p""lograph you IU," describc.'\l 14 lIoffu's recorded stalemcnt thaI she gave to Sus..n Philson'! 14 i. rclm/l",,1 os Exhibit 1'/ I' A No, I have nol seen Ihal. I ~ AYe.. 16 Q You never se,:o it'! 16 0 The fj... /lnt WUt bhihil 2, "gill? 17 A No. 17 A Ye.l. 18 Q Docs Michele Iloff. slilllivc lhere'! 18 Q 0" you have any ownc:"hip in"""" in thi, 19 A She does. 19 building? 20 Q This incident occurred on March 6th And a., I 20 A No, I do nol. 21 understand it, Michele moved in t'chruary iOth, '97? 21 Q [k, you hll'lo(llln owm.'1''ihip in any l)f the 22 ^ Thallound! right. I don't have that 22 buill.hniji mH1L'l1 by Chnrlcs anti i-lorcllL:e Morri~l? 2J specifically, bul thaI sounds rigbl, 23 A No. I don',. H Q So she hilu only hc..'l1l1hc.:n.: for npproximately a 24 Q Do you have any ownc...nhip inletes1 in Morri.. ~._ month? ._____~.____~~__._ ~. L{)Un(~~~I~~~~n Scrvi~e'l, ~..._____._. '--- OlllOER & LORIA REPORTINO SERVICE 1'800-222-4577 Page 10 - Page 13 KLllIN. MELANIE 05/12/98 / ~"b, Page 14 I A No, I don'l. 2 Q Arc you ,lriclly an employ",? l AYe.. 4 Q What I, your unda'tnndlnB of what C.D. Morrl, lllallalsl,? 6 A IlcDlal property nwned by my JIT1Indpan:nls. '/ Q When you ltCeive a payeha:k every week or twn 8 weeks, is It frolll c.n, Mml'is Rc::nlllls or is it frum Morris 9 Laundmlnlltion Services? 10 A My paycheck tome. from our poyrollaccoon\. II We have, yon know, a ac:panlc payrollattoon\. II doc.D', 12 .ay C.D. Mom. OD II nr Morri. Laondromatlon on II. Il Q II', a payroll account for what cOInpany'/ 14 ^ For our corpontjoo. 1~. Q And is !hat Morris Laundromntion Services? 16 ^ No, itls OUt .,. we havc I scparalc company 17 thai', RAJdCO, It', 8 divi.iolJ of our corporalion, but for IlJ ... you know, for payroll purposcs tbat', the accouot that 19 payroll come. out of. 20 Q Whal i, IlAMC01 21 A 11'. a di.tribnlorohip. We ",II equipment, 22 laon<!ry-n:latcd equipment. 2l Q Arc you on emploY"" of t!ull company? H A Yeah, it',. division of Morrislaundromation. ~.__ I think your father talked aboa'llu". h Page 15 I that the part of Morris Laundromation that sells laundromat 2 equipment to other laundromats? l ^ Yes. 4 Q What type of equipment does that sell? l A Large eommoreial type washers, dryers. any 6 laundry-related equipment. '/ Q And RAMCO is a distributor of tbat equipmc'nt? 8 ^ Ye9. 9 Q Wholesaler, if you will? 10 ^ Yes. II Q And you sell to other locallaundwmats? 12 ^ Yes, local laundromats andlor, you know, hotel I J type use also, like non-coin operated. 14 Q RA~lCO doe, not own ,my property, does iI" 15 ^ No. 16 Q Do you have any background in construction or 17 renovallon of properties? 18 ^ No, I don't. 19 Q Did you ever issue any warnings to Michele 20 1I0ffa about the railing on this porch? 21 ^ No. II Q Did you ever tell ber to stay off lhe p",'eh" 2l ^ No. l-! Q Was Ihe porch part of tbe leased premises? In 2l other word.i, ~a.i.:she_ abk to use the l'~rclr' .__. (lInOER & LORIA REf'ORTINO SERVICE 1-800- 222-4577 Multi-Poge '" ,...... ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 16 1 ^ Yes. 2 Q And you would expect thc'Il if she was aole to 3 use it, that her guests would he ahle to use it as well'! 4 ^ Yes. l Q lIave you ever spok<'n to Kim ROS<.lloerg about 6 Ihis incident'! 7 ^ No, I have not. 8 Q lIave you sJlokc'n to anyone hesides Michele 9 IInffa and your aHom,:y l\lld your father about it, and Susan'! 10 ^ And our agent, no. II Q Your father indieatcd thbt he has full 12 power-of'aHomey for your grandparents. Do you have a Il power'of-aHomey for them as well'! 14 A No, I don't. Il Q Do you ever sign lease, for any of the 16 properties on lx:half of either the eorporation or CD. 17 RC'ntal, or whoever? 18 ^ Aetually sign them, no. I get my dad to sign 19 the leases. 20 Q Any diseussions that you reeall with Miehele 21 1I0ffa prior to tllC incident that w,,'re here about today'! 22 ^ Discussions -- I'm snrry, .ay that again. 2l Q Defore March of 1997 you obviously talked to 24 Michele 1I0ffa about rl.'nting an apartment and moving in'! 2l ^ Sure. Page 17 I Q Did you rnlk to her about anything from the 2 time she signed the lcase on February lOth of '97 ul' to when 3 you leurnr:d of lhis incident? 4 ^ No. .5 Q No complaint.'i or anything like that from her? 6 A No. 7 Q Do you know if Lhc borough ever issunl any 8 citations to you about lhis property? 9 ^ Nol that 11m awam, no. 10 Q Woald you have 0 "",ord of thot if t1x:y did'! II ImculI, would you be lhc penon that would knt)w that? 12 ^ Um-bwo, yeah. 13 Q Is there 0 file on this property? 14 ^ I b.ve a file with .11 my lco",," in it. I Il hav., you know, likn a Beocral correlpondencc file tha,I-- 16 you know, if I receive any letter. CrOlll my Ltuot, or 17 anythi"ll like that, lbot would be lbc file J would haY<> on 18 tb.1. 19 20 21 12 2l 24 25 MR. DOWLING: No further questions. (11x: dcpo..ilion was eOllCloded 01 10:4l 1m.) Page 14. Page 17 " i . . . . . . . . , . . , , , . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . I , . . . . . . . . . . KLEIN, MELANIE 05/12/98 ..."", ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Multi-pagoN /",,", Page I g I 2 ('OlJfolTY 0' DAUPUIN: III I 3 COMMONWEALTII OF ~ENNSYLVANIA : 4 I, Tcrell/l K. Bcar, Rcporu:r-Nolllry l'ubli~, 5 authorized to administer oaths within IIIld for the 6 Conunonwealth of Pennsylvania lIJ1d lake deposllions III the 7 trial of causcs, do hereby certify Ihat the foregoing Is the 8 testimony of MELANII! KLEIN. 9 [ further certify thaI before the taking of 10 8lIid deposition, the witness WIlS duly sworn; thollhe II questions lIJ1d lIJ1swcrs wel'C tokell down sll.'1IogrophicaUy hy 12 the ll/Iid Tel'C1IO K. neor, a Reportcr-Nolllry Public, approvcd 13 lIJ1d agreed 10, lIJ1d afterwords reduced 10 Iypewriting Ullder 14 the direction of the 8lIid R~poru:r. 15 1 further C<:rtify thaltbc proceedings w,d 16 evidcnc<: IIl'C conlllincd fully lIJ1d llCcurotcly 10 the besl of 17 my abilily in the notes taken by me on the within 18 deposition, and that this copy is a corrcctlranscripl of 19 the same, 20 In teslimony whereof, [ hove herewlto 21 subscril1cd my hand this 25th day of May, 1998, 22 23 24 25 "....~'v.:~- M~:JltlMc IJlplrcl on April 13, 1999 omOUR & LORIA RBPORTINO SERVICE 1-800-222-457"/ Pago 18. PIllO 18 affumallvely II) causes III IK:7 Idate (1) ):12 9:13 examplclI' 5:22 -&- 12:) certain III 5:20 DAUPHIN (I' 18:2 except II) 3:5 &111 1: I 3 1:17 afterwards (II 1K: 13 certification [I) DAVlDIII 1: 17 Exhibit(ll 13:14 1:19 again III 16:22 3:4 DEFENDANTS 111 1):16 Agency '''I 10:1 certified III (0:15 1:7 1:21 exitlll 8:10 -'- afent(,) 12:13 certify ('1 1K:7 depending III 6:10 expect (II 16:2 - 2:13 12:14 13:4 1K:9 1K:15 deposed III 3:25 expense (I) 5:2lJ '97111 1) :21 17:2 16:10 changes II) K: I depositlll 4:24 expires III 18:24 -' agO(l) 5:23 6:10 charge 111 5:19 deposition ('1 1.9 oxtentll) 5:1 -1- 6:14 ----- 5:2lJ K:13 17:2lJ IK IlJ III) 13:K 13: 14 agn:edll) IK:13 Charles PI U IK: IK --_._---~ -F- 10:21 (II I: 12 answers (II IK:11 13:22 depositions III 18:6 --. 10:45111 17:20 apartment ('1 5:5 check (I' 4: 16 deposits (II 4:IK factlll 5:25 10thlll 11:21 17:2 6:3 6:15 6:16 4:23 described III 13:13 blllll 12:5 12:K 6:19 13:10 13: 10 citations (II 17:8 details (II fallen III 11 :10 12[11 1:12 13: 12 16:24 6'4 13111 18:25 APPEARANCES III CIVIL III 1:4 DIRECT (II 2:3 familiaqll 5:4 1966(119:14 1:16 collect III 4:17 3:11 faqll 4:12 9:) 19681119:15 applicants II) 4:16 commcrciallll15:5 direction III IK: 14 fathcrl1l 4:1 1987 II) 9:20 approved (I) IK:12 commission l'IIK:24 discussions (11 16:20 5.2 5:22 7:) COMMON III 1:1 14:25 16:9 16:11 19971116:22 16:23 April (II 1K:25 16:22 February PI Commonwealth 111 distributor (I) 15:7 11:21 1998(111:12 1K:21 AssistanCC(11 10:1 IK:3 18:6 distributorship (II 17:2 199911118:25 attorney P) K:21 feeling (II 11:9 16:9 company (4' '1:23 14:21 few 11) 14:13 14:16 14:23 division 111 14:1'1 9:11 9:22 -2- Augustl'l 9:20 complaints III 1'1:5 14:24 file ['I 6:.1 6:9 -~---- authorized III 1K:5 17: 13 17:14 17:15 2(1) 13:8 13:9 comply III 7:15 doosn't(11 1411 13:16 aware II) 9: 12 7: 17 done 111 5: 1 17.17 17:9 5:1 filing (II 3:4 2311'1 4:8 concluded III 17:20 5:25 5:25 7:7 25th(1I 18:21 consist III 4:9 7:7 K: 12 fire (II 8:9 -B- construction (I' DOWLlNG(lII:17 first 1'1 4: 10 10:11 -3- 0141 1:17 5:5 15: 16 ):13 17:19 10:15 10:24 13:3 6:3 13:W contact III down (II 18:11 13:16 3 III 2:4 IlJ:19 Florence III U background III 15: 16 11:1 DREW III 1:20 310PI 5:5 8:5 balcony (41 6:20 contacted 1'1 dryers (II 1322 13:10 10:21 15:5 follow ('I 7:12 11:10 13:9 13: II IlJ:24 13:5 duly (I) IK:1O based (II 8:1 contained II' 18:16 duties 111 follows (II 3:9 -5- 49 foregoing (I) b3Sis (1)4:22 CONTENTS III IlJ:3 18:7 501 (II 3:21 bathroom PI 5:2) 2:1 form (113:5 5th[ll 9:14 6:4 conversation III -E- formal (II 5:13 Bear(41 1:11 18:4 IlJ:25 early (I) 6:12 friend (I) 11:8 -_.--':~--_.- 18: 12 1823 coordinate III 7.6 full PI 3:14 16:11 6th(11 behalf (II 16:16 copy III 13:5 18: 18 East I') 4:8 full-time III 4:4 II :2lJ Education [II best (II 18:16 corporation (41 413 10:1 fully II) 18:16 -9- between ('1 3:2 14: 14 14:17 16:16 eight 1115:73 birth(119:13 correct (l) 4:1 eitOOr[11 16:16 -G- 97-6870 (II 1.4 bookkccpcrl'13:23 7:2lJ 1818 employed III 3:22 - corrcspnndence (I) 9:18 GANNON III I:2lJ .--.- 4:10 1lJ:3 genera 1II1 -A- borough (II 17:7 17: 15 employee III 14:2 17:15 - 14:23 given III 9:1 a.mlll 1:12 17:2lJ bridal III 9:25 cost(11 61 counsel (II Enola(11 3.JI 13:4 ability II) 18:17 Dridge(ll 3:21 3:2 COUNTY III equi~mentl'l 14:2\ glanced III 818 able (41 6:2 1525 building III .14 1:1 IK:2 14:2 15.2 154 go.-around III 8:9 16:2 (6:3 13: 19 IS:6 157 accident (II 619 buildings (II 13.22 COURT(II II Eric (11 73 gono I'I 9:23 credit III 4: 17 76 glludparcntslll account 141 141r) .-....-. 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MELANIE OS/12/98 --, Multi- Page'" ".."., respcctivo - yourself ROSBNBERG VS reS(lCctlvell) 3:3 speak (I) 13:3 UDlt(I, 6:S returning II) 4:23 specific II) 6:3 UPI" 6:2 7:12 review (I) 8:16 sracifiCally Il) 8:7 13:11 17:2 reviewed ('I 8:14 :8 11:23 8:20 8:24 9:1 spoke (II 12:19 -V- - RHOADS ('I 1:13 s~oken III 12:10 visit (II IO:S 1:17 6:S 16:S VSIII 1:4 rightl'17:1S S:24 SQUARE (II 1:14 9:17 11:22 11:23 55111 IS:2 -w- 12:2 12:21 13:16 standing (I' 13:10 Road(l13:21 st.ate III 3: 14 ~:12 waived (II 3:4 Robert III I:S statement 1'( S:17 walked(l( 11:9 1:21 3:J:5 8:23 S:2S 9:2 warnings III IS: 19 Rosenberg III 1:2 9:3 11:14 12:23 washers (II IS:S 1:21 16:S (3:6 13:6 week 11114:7 rulel'l 4:21 stay III IS:22 weeks (II 14:8 -S- stenographically (II whereOf(11 18:20 IS:II Wholcsaler('1 15:9 safe III 6:25 still [II II:IS within III IS:5 Samplc (I) 3:21 stipulated (II 3:2 18: 17 satisfy [I) 6:24 STIPULATION III witness ('( 2:2 schedule Il) 5:14 3: I 3:S 12:1 IS:IO ':18 stood [I) 9:6 witnesses III 12:4 schoolll) 9:2( strictly II) 14:2 words III 15:25 9:23 subscribed II( IS:21 worked III 9:25 screen (I) 4:16 Susan II) 1:24 9:2:5 scaling (II 3:3 9:1 9:2 11:14 -- seeood (II 13:13 12:13 12:19 13:3 -y- 16:9 SCC(II 4:23 sworn 1'1 3:9 years (l ( 5:23 sell III 14:21 15:4 18:10 6: 14 9:11 15:11 yourself (I( 6:24 SeIlSII( 15:1 -T- separata ('I 14:11 IId/b/a (I] 14:16 1:6 Services [<] 1:6 TABLE III 2: I 13:2l 14:9 14:ll taldng(l) 18:9 seven (II 6:14 tan ants (II 17: 16 several (I) 7:10 Teresa (<I 1:11 Shiremanstown (I( 18:4 IS:12 IS:23 4:S testified [I( 3:9 shop (II 9:25 testimony 1'1 18:S show (Ill: 16 18:20 sign ('1 4: 17 16: IS tl1rough(l) l:19 16:IS 16: IS times I') 710 signed('1 172 todaY(l( (6:21 signing 1'1 3:J took III 116 13:6 l:S transcript (II IS IS signslllS:IO trial ['I .1:6 18:7 SINONIl) 1'13 twolll 14:7 1:17 t~ ('I 9:24 Il4 six III U3 6: 13 l.s IS: 11 soldlll 12:14 types [II III someone (II 422 typcwriting(ll18JJ 10:11 10:12 sometimes 1.11 422 __-=:!l~__ Somewhere (II 5.24 soon (II 11:2 1216 UOl- hum (7J 4.12 7:S 7.21 84 sorry(l11622 11.6 12: Il 1712 sound"('1 11.22 under (II 18: I J 11.23 undccstandll( 11.21 SOUTH [I' 1:14 GEIGER" LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-1100-222-4577 Index Page 3 HOFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 .'''", v.~" ~ I T"ILI or I:OH1I"1lt 1 , 2 WUIlIS. , 3 roll DlflNO"HTlJ OIJtlcr ClllllJ:I ItlIJlJtJ,CT . 4 "'.:lItlt Hllth l " " . 5 . 6 , HO"'\ IIUHIUT NO. PIIOrlll:IO ANt) WJlno 7 . 8 1.IIt1Urunt. . . 2 ~ L.... .n'1 ..!,'.nrNm " 9 10 llIarta hlllbll Ha 2 utdn"1 by HI. ll'l'oorlll1'll 10 " II \I " 12 " 13 I' 14 .. 15 " 16 " 17 " 18 10 19 II 20 II 21 lJ 22 " 23 " 24 25 Page 3 1 S'llPULA TION 2 II is hereby stipulaled by and betw""n cuunsel 3 for the respeclive parties that reading, signing, sealing, 4 certification and filing are waived; and that all uhjeclions 5 except as 10 the fonn of the question are reserved to Ihe 6 time of lhe trial. 7 8 MICHELE 1I0FFA, called as a wilness, being 9 sworn, teslified as follows: 10 11 DIRECT EXAMINATION 12 13 BY MR. GANNON: 14 Q Cuuld you Slale YOllr full name for Ihe record, IS please. 16 A Michele noffa. 17 Q And where do YOll currcnUy reside? 18 A AlllO Markel Street, Apartmenl D in New 19 Cumberland. 20 Q And who is your current employer'! 21 A Coca-Cola Enterprises. 22 Q lIave you ever had yuur deposilion taken 2J Cefore'! 24 ^ No. ~.~---.!~ jus~93~j'lri~1~~'2I:'li.h some GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 Multi-Page ,,.. ""~''l\ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 4 ground rules. I'm go:ng to be asking you 0 number of questions. II's not my inll.'llt 10 be tricky or mislo:o.ding. So if something is confusing to you, just stop me and usk me to repeat it and I'll be glad to do so. ^ Okay. Q And 1I,,:n if you answer the question, I'll assume that you understood il. Okay? ^ Okay. Q Also, Ute court reporter is taking down verbal responS'~s. So that in the future or as we're going along if you could avoid like shaking your head and answering either okay or ycs or no will be line. Are you taking any medications or anything Ihat would preve'llt you from answering questions loday? ^ No. Q lIow long have you resided al 310-0 Murket Slreet'! ^ In February it was a year. Q So since Fehrua<y of 1997'1 ^ Yes. Q You're familiar with why we're here today, Ihe fall off of your balcony'! ^ Yes. Q Do you recall giving a slalcment to Susan Philson ovcr the phone afler the accide'llt? i f Page 5 1 ^ 2 Q 3 ^ 4 phone. 5 Q lIave you ever SCt.'rl the aclual stalcm~-nt'! 6 ^ No. 7 Q Maybe we could go off the record and I'll ask 8 you to review this and you can take your time. 9 (Discussion held off the record.) lO MR. GANNON: Could you mark that. II (Stalement produced and marked as Hoffa 12 Exhibit No.1.) 13 BY MR. GANNON: 14 Q I just have a brief "orreetion to make. I 15 undcrsland that this slalcmCl1t was actually taken in person 16 by Miss I'hilson and not over the phone; is that COITCCl? 17 ^ Yes. 18 Q And you've had an opportunity to look that 19 over'! 20 ^ Yes. 21 Q Is that an accurale recollection of your 22 conversation with Mi.s.s Philson'! 23 A Yellb. This I don'l really underalaod a Hille 24 hil, she was ailting here aod she laid to me COIllCl here. I 2~ don'l know -- __ A .lalemenl aboul whal'! The fall over Ihe balcony. Yeah, I remember lalking with her over tho Page 2 . Page 5 HOFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 -, Multi-Page'" ,.,.~ Page 6 I Q We're talking about tile "IXond page" 2 A Yeah. 3 Q The third an.wer, 4 A She waa .llliD8 hen> and .be .ald to me come ~ hen>. I doo'l n:call -- hullhal'. jUlI\be only pari thai 6 I didn't uodcralaDd, CODJCl hen>. She DOver told m. to com. 7 bc:ro when we wen: jUlllilllDll thcn:. 8 Q How oboulthe re" of the .llllemcnl n 9 ^ Yeah. 10 Q u is Ihcn: anything clsc dllll .. II ^ Thol aUlCODled -- i 2 Q AccurulC? 13 ^ Yeah. 14 Q Lct'~ go back lO lhc oisht in question, Miu i~ Ro.c"lx.~g ",,,ificd that after work you hod collcd hcr and 16 lI:Jkc:d to meet hC.7 out at tOO Couch's Corner? 17 ^ Y... 18 Q When wa, the ia" lime you hod 'OCII her before i 9 that? 20 ^ She cam. ovcr before Iba.. Ilbink when I 21 fi",,1 moved iD -- I know .he h..J com. 10 chcc;k oUI\be 22 aputmeot with 1DIl. ADd \beD I moved iD and maybe aD'" or 23 \wi... before -- lmcao, I moved iD February. II happcoc:d 24 the bcsioniog of March 10 maybe oncc OJ' twice .be came over 25 to visit before the accident. Page 7 I Q And how about before you were: living ot thi., 2 llpllrtmenr. where wen: you living? 3 A I wu living io PalmYTa. 4 Q Did you ever vi,it \og<:lher then? ~ ^ No. 6 Q Now, on the night of the accident. could you 7 describe what you did at Coach's Corner. 8 ^ W. were .illiDII allhe bll.\' jusl LllkiD8 aboul 9 her work Ind my work and jOlt -- wo were jwt laughing and 10 talking Ind catching up Oil old limes. 1 hadn't acc:n ber for II awbilc. 12 Q How many been would you :iay you two had? 13 A I was lhcl~ before Kim. So I'm gllCIJioglbme 14 10 foUl and Kim had Iwo. I remember beiDII there and.he had I~ Iwo. 16 Q Do you know whotlime you left Cooc!:', Comer'l 17 A Sbe feU around II. So probably beIW<cO 10:30 Hi and II .omcdmc. 19 Q Whut did YOlJ do on~c you got hock to Ymlr 20 place? 21 ^ W. were .luiDII at my tabl. aDd talking aDd I 22 wa. ahowill\l ..... a pholo album of old pic lure. and jUJI 23 cllchiDII up 00 old lime.. 14 Q Whc..~ j, the table 10ca""I? 2l A The labl. .. il'. H well. il'. .. .1 don'l ,__.._.__. OBlOElR & LORIA REPORTINO SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 i 2 3 4 ~ 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 I~ i6 17 18 19 20 21 )2 23 24 2l ROSENBERO VS MORRIS Page 8 reaUy hove alivlDII room. I doo'llmow how 10 e.plalo iI. Alibi. wlodow rigbt here. It'... rigbl here i. \he Llbl. Oul my window. Q So your back dOllr (mlD 11111 porch .. AYe.. Q .. would have ba:11 purt of tJ-.ut romn'! A Yeah. Q WU5 tlwt L100r oJ'lCn or closl.:o y,hr,:n you wen: in~idc" A Q ~ay? A II wa. cold, And oflcr .be had faileD. il .l4r\cd 'Dowing bcc8UIC I n':mcmbcr it .luted !Snowing on aha way 10 lbe ho.piLlI. Q How long oguin wen:: you in your opnfUncllt before the o..:cidcllt'l A Maybe 20 miou",.. Q Were you smoking ot lhat time? ^ Yc.. Q Were both of you smoking'! AYe.. Q Was it wann in your apartment? A Ye., I keep il warm. o .~Ol hoppcned next'1 II WBl closed. 00 you mncmbcr what the wc.allx.-r was like: that Page 9 1 ^ Kim just .aid mho nccdcd some air and we went 2 oullo the balcony. I BIked her if .be wa. okay aod .he 3 .aid.be wa., ADd I looked away from her for a lCeond 10 4 light a t1garellc aud I 1001<<,<1 back over aDd .he waa golll\l S over. 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 Il 16 I? 18 19 20 2i 22 23 24 2l Q Did you observe aoy physical symptom.'i that she: wu,s hllving? A No. Q In YOlU statement you're quoLed as I1sking. ore you sick or arc you going to get sick. AYe.. o Di~ you ..k her thlll? A Yc.. o Whn\ prompted that 'Illtcmenl? A Because lhe wanted to gr.t some air. So woon somebody WIDl, 10 Bet lomc air. you know, you ... 1 jwt realized w. had a coopln been aod .omclime. when pcnple drink been il doc.n'l Illme willi Ibcm, you mow. So I lhoullbl maybe .he wa. goiDll 10 gel .ick from \be alcuhol or, you know t .ho j,ut occdcd .owe air. . jOlt waot.cd to make lure.he w'" oJ",y. o lIad ,he "i~ .ny1hing about fooling lIau.scou,? A Nu. Q Anything about being wann" A No, ----. Page 6 . Page 9 [, i __I " ! 1 HOFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 Multi-Page 1M ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Puge 10 I Q Now, when you""", on the bokuny .. I'm guin~ 2 to lhow you a pic lure of Mi.. RO'Cl1bcr~, b llult 3 app",.IJlloicly when: lhe wOlon the bolc()IlY" 4 AYe.. ~ Q And .he wOlllnnding with her Iulnd. li~hlly 6 ~lUching the rolling'l 7 AYe,. 8 Q Do you "",oil wlull .hc wo. doing or wlull "he 9 wo. Inoking al when you .ow bcr'! 10 A No. We W1:nl only out there for 0 minuIe ood I II a,lu:d her, ynu know, orc ynu nkay? And iii". I loid, I 12 turned owoy to Iighl 0 cigon:lIe ood loolu:d back It her ond 13 .. jUlt in lh.otlbnrt li_. 14 Q Did you henr anything'! I j A No, jusl -- wen, I beard her Ilnd, Iblt 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2~ No, nolll1all remember. Puge 12 Thai nighl you I A 2 mean'l 3 Q 4 A ~ Q 6 A 7 Q 8 taking'! 9 A I'm nolsun: if it was thai nighl. Wc hricny 10 disCUllscd il cithcr thai nighl or 0"" of the Hmcs shc II Slopped ovcr. I don'l remcmber cucUy, 12 Q And what's your ullderslllnding uf the reaS()Il 13 for the medication" 14 A Something with her henrt, lhat's nil I know. 15 I don'l know exaetly whal il is or what il docs. 16 Q NIlW, wl,en you wellt ollluthe pureh, could you 17 deseribe whose idea it wus to go out Ihere'! 18 A Igucss mine. 19 Q Did you ever discuss jusI o(,,:ning the door to 20 let fresh air in'! 21 A No. 22 Q She looked okay to you when she went on the 23 porch'! 24 A --~-Q Page 11 WI' ... Q Had she bo.:n 0., your balcony bcf(lcc'l AYe.. Q Approximately how many time!;'! A Well, .be wa. ove: maybe two or throe times 10 -.. J know wheo I w.. looking It tho apttrtmcnt we were out Ibcrc and .. oUllnokiDll, jUlI .. lhe wal bellpiDll me check out lbc Il'artmcnt Iud when ,he: cum; to viiil, I BOCII, Q Now. the picturt:s we've bc:cn !()(lkiI18 ullmv(: Curniture on ~orch or patio. Yes, No, nolll1all remcmber. Anytime before that'! It was u great uncle, No. Also did you discuss medicalions she was Yeah, ~he looked fine, And af~:r lhe accident, you culled 911 '! Page 13 I A YCI. 1 A Yel. 2 Q Wo. thot present.. 2 Q And du yuu know wlult time they arrived. the 3 A No. 3 police orrivcd? 4 Q .. on the night in question? 4 ^ 1 Wl1l1 .till on the phone with 911. 1 had ~ ^ No, 1 did Dot get lbat until .pring. There 5 called on my NHular phone but it W.~D't a cordle.. .'0 J ~ wao nnlhiDll .. well, \be only Ibing 00 \be balcony wa. a ~ could nol "'" Kim froill when: I called. So I called him back 7 cover tbat come. dowD. but that was laying in the back. 7 on my cellular phone. ,I hW18 up with him after I gave him 8 Thon:: wa. Bolbing lhorc because J had jOlt moved there. It R the infonnation, called back and I wall runninJI downstairs. 9 was approximately 0110 monlb I had lived \bere. 9 I gnllo her. I wal there maybe a minUle and lbe officer 10 Q Also you mention in your ~Wtcmelll that you 10 was there. II h:Hl hud u di~cu~~ion with her enrlil.'t that ewning about a 11 Q Couk!. you dc~cribc her condiljoll when you ,aw 12 medical condilion. 12 ht..-r? 13 A (WitIlOSS nods bead affirmalively.) 13 A Whc:n I gol down there? 14 Q Do you "",oil wlult.hc told you'! 14 Q Ves, wheo you gOI down.stairs, 15 A I'm lbinkiDll. lUll, I gue.., thai her heart I~ A When I calDe down the llain and around the 16 gets. little (lit sometimes and lbat was about it. I mean, 16 back. she W8$ laying ~ and thc:n:: wa. jUJI blood comiog 17 .be never mentioned anythiDll obeul gelling lick nr anylhiDll 17 oul her moulb. Ilboogbl lbel w.. dc.d. And I Iolkcd 10 18 like Iba" 18 beT. "aid. Kim, and then .he, yon know, como oul of it 19 Q no you know wlull promptOO her ~1 discu" thm 19 ood stood up. Sbe Lind of p!.lllcd henclf up on \hil .. 2D whh you on that evc:nillg? 20 where is i11 On thi. polt n y.;ah. this poll' io this 21 A No. nol really. We wcrc juot \olkiDll aboul 21 pic lure, .he kind nf pulled herself up. And I ..id .. .be 12 her bro\bcr Indjusllikc diffelenlthing.. I don'l know n 22 laill, what bappened? Sbe b.d no idea whal bad happened. l3 I don'l remember wbol prompted US 10 \oIl< abuullba.. 23 And I explained 10 her lIral ,be (en n(f my balcOD)' and.. 24 Q Did ,hc di"ca.. with yoo 01 ,111 the funer,l 24 sbel jU.11 pa"ed nul end feU off my baleooy. 2.\ ,he had ~, nll<nd the no,l day" _______,__,____.__ ~__._._~.nd .!>L~ tho O~fiCCf w.. there .. the ~y amOER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222.4577 Page 10 - Page 13 HOFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 /,...., Multi-Page'" 1""\ ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Puge 16 Puge 14 I 00 91 I Iold me 10 ha... her Loy b.ek down 10 I Iold her 10 2 I.y dowD. ADd Ibo D,,.llbiDlI knew Ibo officer WI' lhcnl } .nd lho ambullncc Irrived . couple minllle. Iller bim, 4 Q Ilow wa, .he po,i1lOncd when you finl ,.w her S on Ihc ground? Wa. ,he on her lido or her back? 6 A II.. b.ek, ? Q lIad ,he ever dim",cd with yoo any prior 8 cpi,oda o( (.Inling or IigbHlOI,laIne..? 9 A Aller Ibo .ccldent .110 I.id Ibll uae lime lbe 10 W.I IigbH",.dcd, but lbil WII be(ORlJ knew her in cullClle II .1 her dorm, 12 Q Did ,he "'II yoo .nYllllng 1Il0n: ab"uI 0111'1 I 3 A Sbe jUlII.ld lbe WII Hoil1Jl up tbe .tai.. Ind 14 HOlliHbt-bcadccl, So I doe't know. 1.5 Q Did she say whetha she 801 ony l.rculJncnl for 16 lhot or dl<'anythiog aboullrl I? A No, lbe -- I have DO Idea, 18 Q Do YOII kn"w whol collC\!e .he would IIIvc boon 19 in ot that time, what school h wlu7 20 A I'm .lIwniDl Pc.. State. J'm .ol.wo, 21 Q h lbal wbcrc YOII gOI to koow Miu Koscnbc:rI!'1 22 A Yel, 23 Q 1I0w did you mcel her or how loog h.vc YOII 24 known her? 2S A l'rohably li~~ '91, I'm H"'lIil18, '91. Puge 15 I Q And Ibcn one.: she left for colk'lle'! 2 A Since: it was so far .w.y, J'vo only IICCI1 her a 3 few limes and IlIlkcd with her 0 few limes. 4 Q Whc...'s the 'a.~t time you spoke wilh her" S A Sunday, 6 Q And prior to thut" ? A J'rior to thaI maybe lItound Chrislmo" around 8 Chrislmas. 9 Q Now, ufter tho ucci<lcnt. did you.. who did 10 you tell ahout the oceldenl {,r did you tell ullyone'! II A Oh, yeah, fricnda and family, 12 Q Did you tell your lundlord'! IJ A No, 14 Q Were you cootuc",d ut MJlIle point hy Anomcy I S Dowling'> 16 ^ YeM, 17 Q Do you recull when that wus" 1M ^ April. 19 Q And whut happened the.." 20 ^ lie came to my house and inlerviewcd me 21 80mewhallikc she did. 22 Q W"" Miss Ros<:nhcrg with you'! 23 ^ Yes, 24 Q Is that when these picture, were laken" 2S A 1 believe so, Pagc 17 I Q Did you go with her to thc hospital'! I Q Were 1hcr<, any other COnlllel",' 2 ^ YCM, J did, 2 ^ Mr, Dowlil18 e.me over .nother time wilb .. 1 3 Q And tbere's helm ","imony that you called J doo't remember hil osme, 4 Scan" i. it Rom'! 4 Q Mr, Brogan? S A Sean Nom, SAVe., th.tlOUOda .. )'<., 6 Q Is he . f,iend of your. os well" 6 Q Any other conU,elS by cilhcr any cngio<lCt. 7 ^ Yes, ? or" 8 Q /lid he comc to the ho.pito' and then just M ^ No, jUlt .. lbe came 10 vi,il me, I'm IOny, 9 drive you home'! 9 1 forgel your ..me. 10 ^ lie come to the hospital and s.t with me and 10 Q SU.,.n I'hil,on. II sal with Kim undlhen he drove U8 bOUI home, II A Yel, lOrry, Sbe elDle 10 Vilil, She e.Ued 12 Q "od he stayed with Kim that night'! 12 ooce .Dd .,ked me DOC quellion, I don'l remember wh.llho 13 A That's -- yeah, J goc.s, They dropped me orf 13 que,l;on WII, bUlllked. que,'ion over tbc phaoc. ADd lhoa 14 firsl and wenlto her house, 14 MI. Dowli"8 juolleft. me"Dlc )'<.lc:n1ay lbout me haviDlIo IS Q You have indicated in your sta",mell! that you I S he he"" Thi. w.. Ibo fi..1 I WI' eootaclc:d, 16 viSited her basically evcry day ,he was in the hospilOl'> 16 Q lIave you IIId any discu..ion, wilb Robert 17 ^ Yes. 17 Morri~ Dr Melanic Kldn about lhcaccidcnt? 18 Q lIow was her P'ychological ,tote? I K A No, 19 ^ She was very dis\ressed, J think we hath were 19 Q Not lutely. but back atlhc lime It happened. 20 prelly much very shaken up, 20 did you" do you n:call .ny eonv"...io". wilb than? 21 Q And then whe" ,he left for college, to go to 21 ^ Aller Iboy (ound oul, Iluell Mr, l>Owlilljll H.... 22 Smith College, did you hove any ongoiog contact wilh he"! 22 thc:m 1000e iafornlolioD lbo1lllho wbole lilUllioo and Mel.nie 23 ^ You mean arler the aeeidenl until she lefl'l 23 c.lled .nd..ked wh.1 Wll Boi"ll on, I bricOy lpoke with 24 Q Well, let', gO with thai period first, yc, 24 her over lho phone .nd caplolned 10 her what b... h.ppened, ~~ Yes, J did, 1 saw her quite ~_bit. _____~. ADd Mr, ~,,"i', when I came bOODe (rom work occ dav, be L OfHOllR & l.ORIA RIlPORTINO SIlRVICIl )-800-222-4517 Page 14 - Page 17 HOFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 ."-''--., Page 18 I coU&hllWlln Ibe hallway and be wo, a liu!.c UplCl. I 2 undcnloJld wby be would be and J jOlI eaploillCd 10 bim thai 3 11'. nOllike w. _. joki"ll around, w. WCl"Cn'l me,al1J8 4 oround 0< onytbilJ8, II wu jOlI a freak oceidenl. ~ Q And you did nol wiUle.. the aClual fall" 6 A J WII tbcte. 1_, J looked over ~d ,he 7 wo. Bolna over o.od J laW her laod. 8 Q Wlhlt pon or her did you sa: going over or how 9 lIIuch did you ''''? 10 A II WII her bead. She wo. over the balcony II wheo J looked nver to her. Sbe waa over. lIer foct were al 12 \he lop of 11>0 balcooy ood her head wa. -- you know, it w.. 13 bead Iinl. She wa, BoioB clown. 14 Q Old you sa: whether ,he had her hand, on the I ~ roiling or anything of lhat 'art? 16 A The la'l J looked 01 her .be had ber hauw on 17 \he railina. And like J ,aid, J looked away ror a brief 18 minule. II WII windy and '0 I WII bavi1J8 a lilll. trouble 19 IiBhli1J8 my cigucu...o il migbl have takco, you know, a .10 coupln 1CC0nw, butlillllookcd back .be wa. over. I 21 cJoo't know if.he look her hando -- J have no idea. 22 Q Would ,he have Ixxn ,making aloha! lime IOO? 23 A On Ibe balcony? 24 Q Yo,. 2.5 ANn. Multi-Page ,,,. ~-'". 1 ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 20 I don't think It would cave in, but it ia very I A 2 low. 3 Q Had you eVer hud uny concerns ahout the height 4 of the railing before the acddl.'IIt'l .5 A I'd oDly lived there a monlh and It was winter 6 so I never was really out there, you know wbat I mean. 7 Q You were out there a few limes, though, right'1 8 A Yeah, maybe a few limes bul-- no, ii's not 9 like I SJlCOllong periods of time. I'd go out for a minut.c 10 or Iwo uDd come back in, Sn ii's not like I entertained II anyone 0111 there before or ... 12 Q And did you at that time ever e'press any IJ concerns ahout the height of the railing'l 14 A No, I guess I jWlI didn't nnllce it. I wasn'l 1.5 oullhere enough. 16 Q I see now that you huve .. it I,,,,k., like 17 chairs and is it u table out on the porch? 18 A Yes, 19 Q Do you sit out thcre'l 20 A I cIo, yeah, and read or wbatever. 21 Q In addilion to being identified D' someone who 22 ho., knowledge about the ,,"cldent it.;clf, you've been listed 23 as someone who ho.s knowledge about Miss Ro,.."nberg's 24 injurics. Can you tell me anything ahout her mC'IItal state 2.5 now as compared to shortly aflcr the ncdele-nt? Page 19 Page 21 I Q Do you lIilllI,e tOO balcooy? 2 ^ Yeah. I bJavco't .U winter. I mean, it', 3 """n cold bul -- 4 Q Well, in the,c pic lure, illook, like the 5 furniture wa.. put on afler the full? 6 A Yeah. 1..1 .priOi!l. 7 Q 00 you have any concan,'i about wiing the 8 bllleony? 9 ^ Yeah. 10 Q And what an.: those concerns'! II A Well, wilh the railioB, of COutlC. J mean, 12 afler whal hid bappened, you koow, I'm very caolioOl aboul I J .- I meao, oollcdy rually BOC' outlbcre e''"'pl for, you 14 keow, my boyfriend aod I. 1.5 Q Ilave YOII t\'cr a.kod your landlord to change 16 the railing? 17 A No. 18 Q Is the railing 'IlJrdy'l 19 ^ It.. . llllle .hoky. 20 Q 1.1 it IIxJSC in any ..pllces? 21 A It wobblell. 1 don't know wh.. you coo:lidcr 22 loose. t meao.., if you Wove h, it -~ it't not like it 23 cJoc.o'l move. 24 Q Do you have II fear l.h;u if YOlJ fell a8uil\~t 25 lhc ~.!~illg Uult II would '''VI': in? I ^ I rully doo'l sa: her that of leo, you koow, 2 to J Bue.. judge thai. I koow lbe'. IOII1CWhalltrclKd J because of ,chool somelime.. Bul olber thao thaI, I _lIy 4 cIoo't """ ber Ihat of1co. 5 Q You mentioned bccau.'Jt: of school. Do you know 6 if she has any ol\going 'ltrtu related to the accident? 7 A J talked 10 her ooco back in Ibe fall. J 8 don't know if it WB' .. it wa, bclWCCQ n.UOWCCQ and 9 COO'Im.., lomcwhcnl aroand Ibcrc:. o.od I meao lbe .aid .be lOw.. bavi1J8 oiBhlmares and bad Ihllll8hll, aod 'tuff like thai, II aod trouble lleeping. She had meolioned thaI 10 11Hl, hut J 12 walo't with her. 13 Q How about emotillcHllly, ha~ she expressed /JOY 14 concern. to you about how .too',' doing emotionally? 15 A No. I~ Q Do you hav~ .ny conlac. with Jeff Dridganan? 17 A Nu. 18 Q How about JOlIn Ro~mcr? 19 A No. 20 Q !low aboul her puren", Ann or Allen Ro.eoberg? 21 A No. n Q Wl-.cn you got back to your apartment Jfter 23 lclJVinj{ Cooch','I Corner. you indicated l.hal you both had a 24 "='1 ___ ~~_~ Yea.!', J I()O~..!.!~Ek b~~ from Coacb'. .__ -. , OElGllR &. LORIA REPORTING SERVICB 1-800-222-4577 Page 18. Page 21 --- HQFFA, MICHELE 05/12/98 -, , Multi-Page'" i--' ROSENBERG VS MORRIS Page 24 Page 22 I Comer. w. bad opoocd it I know -- I romcmbar w. dido'l 2 fiDllb II beel... I """"",bar 1CC1"8 Iwo rull bolll.. .. DOl 3 completely MI, mlybe I lip or Iwo oul or bolb, bUllhcy 4 were DolliDlabcd. 5 Q 11 there anything else BbouI the Becident that 6 you can ItellU thal's not In your IIlBt.cmcnt or that you 7 haven'l kSlirt"t BboullOday? 8 ^ No. 9 MR. OANNON: I have nolhin~ else. 10 11 CJ(.oSS.ll.XMtrNATION 12 13 flY MR. IlOWLlNO. 14 Q Michel". I have a few queslion. ror Y"U. The IS first !bing I'd like to do is mark as an exhibit the lal.~c 16 Bnd the addcndwn. 1'/ MIl, DOWlIN(j; Could ( hove 11 sticker, please. 18 We'll mark that a. Exhibil Nwnbcr 2. 19 (l<a.e and addenllwn produced and markal a. 20 HofrB Exhibit No.2.) 21 BY MR. OOWLlNO. 22 Q I'm not going In .,ke il oul or \hi. binda, 23 but if you could jUlllook BI ilBnd 1<11 me ir that', B 24 cnpy or the lea,. thai you .igned wilh C.D. Morri, Rental, 2$ bq!inning 2/10/97, Page 23 I ^ Yes, it ls. 2 Q And there's an addendum 10 il thai'S titled 3 nddendwn 10 lease agreement and then there's the last page. 4 Is Ihat your ,ignnture? $ ^ Yes. 6 Q Indicaling 310 Markel Stn:el, Apart",,:nl D" 7 A Yes. 8 Q Michele. whc-n Kim got up tn walk OUI on your 9 porch, she was not intoxicated at that point, was she? 10 A No. II Q How tall arc you? 12 A About 5'4", not quite. 13 Q Belween 5'3" and 5'4"'1 14 A Yes, 15 Q The wobbly condilinn nf lbe railing which you 16 described" 1 '! MR. GANNON. I'm going to object to the 18 charact.eril11lion of wobbly. I gu:" the r,:cord will speak 19 for itsclr, but I don't recall the use of thaI term. If sbe 20 used iI, lbat's fine. 21 BY MR DOWLING. 21 Q What word did you use? 23 A I doo't remember. 24 Q Well, the loo,'lC 'Jr wobhly condition of lhe 2S railin lbelt ou described, was it the same. then li it i'l GEIGER & LORIA REPORTING SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 1 now? 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 II 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 A Yea. Q In lemu of ItxlllCnCKS, or whatcv",~ word we wunt \1..1 use'! A Yel, Q Other lhnn tJll: time when Kim wn~ with you when you were looking ot the llpl.lrUnc::nt to so: if you wanted lO n;nl it. do you hove 0 specific recollection of the two of you going nul on th&:: pon:h" And I don't want you to soy you probllbly W\.TC or you think you were. OUI you indiclIlCd that when you hXlkc.t ul il. ynu did go oul there'! A Yea, wbeu we looked II my aplrlll1eDI. Def"",1 got the .partment, we were lookio8 at it. SbQ came to check. i1 out wilh fOC, Q A, you sit b:rc: today. do you hBvc a specific "",ollcelion of .ometime between 2/10/97 nnd 3/6/97 of the two of you being OUIlhcn:'/ A Spe<:ifie, nn, Q Wb:n did the exp.:rt hired by the defen.e come 10 inSJl'Xl the porch? ^ I do nol knnw because J wa. not pIC..n.. Q Did you know that thai wa. even dnne? ^ J know IMIIhcy were eomiDg 10 do il aDd I I.ked \hem 10 lei me know, bull bad no idea. Nobody iDronned me Iballhcy were comi"8 or Ihcy were lbcm unlil Page 25 I after \be riel. 2 Q !low did you (carn aflCT the fac'? 3 A Miss Phil.oD telepboned me. She bad I 4 qucllion fot lOC, bUll don't remember what lbc question wes. 5 Q Do you cven know who did the in~ptXtion for 6 lhc defense? 7 A No, 8 Q And do you rcmcmbc..-r what tix:: qUC3tion wu.'I Lhat 9 WiJ.'I asked of you? 10 A No. II Q Micbele. dill you believe \hal if there was U 1 Z dl1ngtTOu:f or unsufe conditioo cither in your apartment or on 13 your porch your lar.dlord would c:ithc..-r warn you about it or 14 have it n:paired? 1$ A Yel. 16 Q Do you have any background or tJ'oinin8 in the 17 con!llrUction or ranodcling busineu? 18 ^ No, 19 Q And did you invite Kim into your 8pl1ru~nt 20 \ha' evening'l 21 AYe.. 22 Q lIave YOIJ invitt:d other [ric:nd:c inlO your 23 lIparuncnt a~ your 1P1I:Sl:I? 24 A Yes. 2~ Q And on OCC8_1ion bUlle one or morc of those Page 22 - Page 25 :1 I' , . , . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HOFFA, MICHELE 05112/98 """ Multi-Page nc ,....... ROSENBERO VS MORRIS Page 28 Page 26 1 friend. Bone out onlO your porch? 2 A Vet. I doa'lealcrtala on alY \IOn:h, If 1luo1'1 3 whal you'", ,"kins. 4 Q Did Mr. Morris cva mllke on)' imr'ro....ancnl1, 5 alterations or rcpllirs to your Dparunenl? 6 A No, DOIIhI'I'm awua of. 7 Q Do you know fo, how 'o"lll!>: upu,unenl WUl 8 vucunt before you moved in? 9 A No. 10 MR, UOWUNO: nUll's aliI have. 11 Mil, GANNON: Jusl a coup\c qUC51iOI\!i. 12 IJ 14 I~ 16 17 II 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 RI!U1IU~CT P...'CAMINA'lION oV MR OANNON: Q You indicBtrd that when our engineer wu~ coming to the property you knew the inspectino WIU going to luko pilleo'! ^ Ve.. Q "ow did you como to know thaI? ^ Mn. Phll.oa told mo lbollhcy WOlD 80ins to hevo an I;nsioc:er come over, or whoever, aD CIpcr1 C:OOlCl over aad chc<k 11 oul. Aad I ..iel, well, lbol' I Ii.., you know. If I'm aot here, jlllt let me know IDd Mr. Morri. cOl~d help her or auiat her or whoever. Pag~ 27 I Q ^nd with your gUC!ll$ that hAve heen ovc."t since 2 the uccidall, what type of wuning have you given them when 3 ~'d 80 oul on l!>: palio? 4 ^ Extreme warnins. They III know what b.d S happcocd tbcrc .ad IlClIlbcm lboy CID w.lk oul tbcrc .ad 6 ace bcclUIC, you know, they're curious how (ar it Will Ind 7 I'll "Y \0 lhcm come blc~ ia, bcclUIC I ICOlly doo'llIlte I people bei"l oullht.... belidel my..lf. 9 Q b il windy oul tI.:",'! 10 ^ It c.a he if il .. you kaow, il dcpcoda on the II WClllx:r, I BUllII. 12 Q Do you havc any knowledgc aboul build ins codes 13 0' "fcty cO<k:l and l!>: pmpa ""iShl nf "ilinIS, tlllll Sort 14 of thins'! 15 ^ 16 I? II 19 20 21 22 2J 24 2~ No. MR GANNON I have nolhing further. (TIle depmlition \\'11' concluded At 12:34 p,m.) omOIlR &. LORIA REPORTiNO SERVICE 1-800-222-4577 I ., ('own UF OAUPIIIN '" : 55 3 COMMONWEAl.T11 OF PENNSYl.VANIA , 4 I, Ten:sa K. n,'ar, Reportcr-NoUlry Public, 5 U1JthOri7CU to Bdminister oaths within nod for the 6 Commonwealth of 1"'11nsylvania and lake depositions in lIu: 7 lriul of cau.",s, do hcreby certify Ihat thc fon:going is the I testimony of MICIIEl.E 1I0FFA 9 1 further certify Ihot before the lllking of 10 said deposition. lIu: witncss wus duly swom; thaI the II questions and answers wcre token down sl4'11ographically by 12 Ihe suid Tcresa K. Dcar, . Rcportcr-Nolary l'ublic, approved 13 und ogn:cd 10, und afterwards reduced to typewriting under 14 the direction of the said Reportcl', I ~ I further certify that thc proceedings and 16 cvidence nn: contained fully nod accurutely to lIu: hest of I? my ability in the notes taken by me on the within II deposition, and that this copy is a correct t,anscript of 19 the same. 20 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto 21 suhscribed my hand this 25th day of May, 1998. 22 23 24 25 -l"t~i:;-~~~-t~po,vi---+-~' My Uln\mlUIOn nplrU on April 13, 1999 Page 26 - Page 28 J , , . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. , , . . , , , , ill ill ill ill ill ill . 4 . ~ . . . . . . . . 1I0FFA,MlClIELE 05/12/98 " Multi-Page '''' & - either ROSENBERG VS accurately III 2M: 16 balcony 1141 4:22 21:25 current III 3:20 -&- actual 1'1 5:5 5:2 9:2 10:1 Coca-Cola III 3:21 lM:5 10:3 10:17 11:6 codcs 121 27:12 -D- &1'1 1:14 1:17 13:23 13:24 18:10 1:20 addenduDlI'1 2:9 IM:12 IM23 19:1 27:13 0111 U 22:16 22:19 23:2 cold 1'1 M: 13 19:8 19:3 dangerous III 25:12 - 23:3 college 1'1 -,- addition (II bar[11 7:M 14:10 DATEIII 1:13 20:21 14:IM 15:21 Ij:22 '911'1 14:25 14.21 administer III 2M:5 Dear[41 I: II 28:4 16: I DAUPlIlN III 2M:2 affinnatively III 2M:12 2M:23 coming 141 DAVID III I:IM -- beerlll 21.24 13: 16 -1- 11:13 bccrs [117: 12 24:23. 24:25 26:17 dead III 13:17 afterwards III 2M:13 9: 17 commissionll12B:24 DEFENDANTS 141 1121 2:B 5:12 9:IM 10:30111 7:17 again III B:16 bcginningl'l COMMON III I: I 1:7 1:10 1:21 6:24 2:3 111'1 7: 17 7:IB ngainst (II 19:24 22:25 Commonwealth 1'1 dcfensClpl 11:52111 agree(119:IS best III 2B:3 2B:6 24:19 1:13 2M:16 compared III 25:6 12111 1:13 agreed III 2M:13 bctwccn 1'1 3:2 20:25 deposition 1'1 1:9 12:34111 27:17 agreement III 23:3 7:17 21 :S 23:13 completely III 22:3 3:22 27:17 2B:IO 13111 28:25 air III 9:1 9: II 24: 16 concerns III 19:7 2B:IS 9:16 9:20 12:20 binder III 22:22 19:10 203 20: 13 depositions III 2B6 1997(1)4:19 album III bitpl 21'14 19981211:13 2B:21 7:22 5:24 15:21 concludcdlll dcscribe 1'1 7:7 alcohol III 9:19 blood III 13:16 27: 17 12:17 13:11 1999(1128:25 Allen III 21:20 bOllles III 22:2 condition III 11:12 dcseribcd 121 2316 13:11 23:15 23:2.' -2- alonglll 4:10 boyfricnd III 19:14 21: 12 23:25 -- alterations III 26:1 Oridgeman III 21: 16 confusing II) 4:3 different III 11:22 2141 2:9 2:10 ambulance III 14:3 brief 1'11'14 IS:17 consider III DlREC1'PI 2:3 22:IB 22:20 19:21 3:11 2/1 0/97121 22:25 Annlll 21:20 briefly 1'1 3:25 construction III direction (1\ answcr['1 4:6 12:9 17:23 25: 17 2B:14 24:16 20111 63 llrogan III 17:4 contact 1'1 15:22 discuss 141 11:19 8: 18 11:24 127 12:19 22121 2:4 2:9 answ\:ring PI 4:11 brothcr(1) II :22 21: 16 discussed 1'1 4:14 building (II 27:12 contacted 1'1 1614 12:10 25th (I) 28:21 answcrs III 28: II business III 17: 15 14:7 26111 2:4 25: 17 discussion 121 59 Anytime III 12:5 contacts III 17: I --- 11:11 -.-- apartment 1171 3: IB -c- 17:6 discussions III 17:16 -3- 6:22 7:2 S: 16 containcdlll 2B: 16 .- C.DIII distressed III 3111 2:4 B:23 10:21 10:23 2224 CONTRNTS III 1519 3/6/97 (II 2-1:16 21:22 23:6 24:7 catching 121 7:10 2: I docsn'tl'l 91M 3101'\ 24:12 24: 13 25: 12 7:23 conversation (1) 19:23 31B 23:6 25:19 2j:23 26:5 caught III IB:I donc (1124:22 310-8111 4:16 267 5:22 causcs III 2B:7 conversations III door [11 B:4 B:O - AI'PEARANCES III cautious (II 19:12 17:20 12: 19 -5- 1:16 ----- approvcd (I) 20 12 cave 1'1 19.25 20.1 copy 1'1 22:24 2MIB dom'llIl4:11 5111 2.S AprilI'I cellular III 137 cordless III 13:5 Dowlingllll 1:18 5'3(11 23:13 16: 18 certification (II Comer I" 2:10 16:15 17:7- 2825 616 17:14 17:21 22.13 5'4 (11 23:12 2313 arrivcd III 132 3:4 7:7 7:16 2123 22:17 22:21 23:21 ----~_. 133 ILl certify III 2B7 22:1 26:10 -9- assist III 26:25 289 2B.15 correct 1'1 516 down 1'1 4:9 .. chairs II I 28: 18 9111'1 12:25 1l:4 assume (II 4.7 20: 17 11:'1 13:1l 13:15 141 assuming (II changc II I 1915 correction III 1:14 14:1 14:2 18:13 14:20 characterization III counsel III 3:2 28:11 97-6870 III 14 attend II I II :25 2318 COUNTY PI 1:1 downstairs (II 1l:8 --------- AllomcYIII 1614 CHARLES III U 2M2 13:14 -A- authorirod (II ~----..---- 2B5 check 141 621 coufle 141 917 DREW III 1:20 A.MII( 1.13 avoid (II 411 10.22 HI3 2623 14: IB.20 26:11 drink III 9:18 ability (II 2B 17 aware (II 266 Christmas III 16.7 course (I[ 19:11 drivCll[ll:9 accident 1111 4:25 away 14193 10 12 16:8 21.'1 court (111: I 4'1 dropped III IH3 6:25 7:6 M 17 162 IB 17 cigarette III 9.1 covelli I 11:7 drove III 15:11 1225 149 1523 1012 IB 1'1 CROSS II[ 16'1 1610 1717 .~..--_.~-~_...-_.- 23 duly III 2810 IB4 204 20ll -8- CIVil. 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Plaintiff : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : CUMBERLAND COUNTY. PENNSYLVANIA v. : CIVIL ACTION - LAW I I ROBERT MORRIS. tldlbla MORRIS : NO. 97.6870 CIVIL LAUNDROMATION SERVICES,INC., Defendant : JURY TRIAL DEMANDED DEFENDANT'S RESPONSES TO PLAINTIFF'S INTERROGA TORIE~ Respectfully submitted, HARTMAN & MILLER, P.C. By: 4/V'IJ A 4'l~ JacK M. Hartman, Enquire Supreme Ct. J.D. #21902 Drew P. Gannon, Esquire Supreme Ct. J.D. #74680 126 - 128 Walnut Street Harrisburg, PA 17\1)1 (717) 232-3046 Attorneys for Defendant, Robert Morris. lId/bla Morris Laundromation Services, Inc. Dated: 3~'- ~ 1~ t"",\ ~ .' INTERROGATORIES 1. State: (a) Your full name; (b) Each other name, if' any, which YOll have used or by which you hava been known; (c) The name of your spouse at the time of the accident and the date and place of your marriage to such spouse; (d) The address of your present residence and the address of each other residence which you have had during the past five years; (e) Your present occupation and the name and address of your employer; (f) Date of your birth; (g) Your Social Security number; (h) Your military service and positions held, if any; and (il The schools you have attended and the degrees or certificates awarded, if any. ANSWER: \. (a) Robert A. Morris. (b) None. (c) Sandra K. Morris. (d) 6353 North Powderhom Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 9 Stone Spring Lane, Camp Hill, P A 17011 (e) Vice-President of Morris Laundromation, Inc. (l) 9/4/41. (g) 181-32-3436. (h) 1960 - 1963 Army. (i) Cumberland Valley lIigh School. - 4 - . . , '"""\ ,-, 2. With respect to Morris Laundromation Services, Inc., please state: (a) date of incorporation; (b) state of incorporation; (c) names of all officers; and (d) registered address and mailing address of corporation. ANSWER: 2. (a) 1969. (b) Pennsylvania. (c) Charles D. Morris, Florence A. Morris and Robert A. Morris. (d) 231 Rear E. Main Street, Shiremanstown, P A 17011. - 5 - the , . i .. .""",, ,...., 25. If you, or someone not an expert subject to Fa. R.Civ.P. No. 4003.5, performed a test or examination before or. after the incident on the balcony railing involved in the incident, state: (a) the identity of the persons who performed the test (s) and/or examination(s) ; (b) the date on which any test and/or examination was performed; the manner in which any test and/or examination was performed; and the purpose of any test and/or examination and its results. (c) (d) ANSWER: 25. See response to Interrogatory 24. - 21 - ,"'"" 1""'\ CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Drew p, Gannon, Esquire, hereby certify that I am this day serving u copy of the foregoing document upon the person(s) and in the manner indicated below. which service satisfies the requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. by depositing a copy of same in the United States mail. first-class postage prepaid, as follows: II David B. Dowling, Esquire Rhoads & Sinon, LLP One South Market Square, 12th Floor p, O. Box 1146 . Harrisburg. P A 17108-1146 (Counsel to Plaintifl) HARTMAN & MILLER, p,c. B, 41il/ ;J J{d41Nf/ . Ore P. Gannon, EsqUire Supreme Court 1.0, #74680 126 - 128 Walnut Street Harrisburg. P A 17101 (717) 232-3046 Attorneys for Defendant. Robert Morris. lId/b/a Morris Laundromation Services, Inc. Dated: 3-".11 >- In (-; ~ .... ,. \J,ln N ':1 " -c (~.. t') J.... :\..; )", ~- 'J -"-J, 1"1 U... , ~ :;) '-?r.) &i ~; . ..~il N i :,' It''l' 0.. II:""'; F' ,.. '~J'.d '" t...H.... LL. (.1; "j 0 V' (J ) . ., ,. J 0 I .// v. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 97-6870 CIVIL TERM J r I KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintiff C~LES A. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, t/d/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES, INC., Defendants CIVIL ACTION - LAW JURY TRIAL DEMANDED ORDER OF COURT MID NOW, this 30th day of September, 1998, upon consideration of Defendants' Motion To Compel Discovery, and following a di&covery conference held in the chambers of the undersigned judge in which Plaintiff was represented by Danielle S. Kilgore, Esquire, and Defendants were represented by Drew P. Gannon, Esquire, it is ordered and directed as follows: 1. Pursuant to an agreement of counsel, the reference in Plaintiff's complaint to "emotional upset" in Paragraph 22 is deleted. 2. Upon the representation of Plaintiff's counsel that Plaintiff will not be seeking an award of damages for an independent psychological injury, but is instead seeking damages, inter alia, simply for general mental suffering of the type that often accompanies personal injury actions, Def.endants' motion is denied, conditioned upon Plaintiff's refraining at trial from making any reference to counseling with Diane Singer, a social worker, and upon her refraining from introducing any evidence as to a diagnosis and/or treatment. for her mental state. Nothing herein is intended to preclude plaintiff from testifying as to her alleged mental anguish, distress and loss of the enjoyment of life. J ,') ~ 'I I, '1'1 . . KIMBERLY ROSENBURG, : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF Plaintiff : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA V. : CIVIL ACTION. LAW CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, Ud/b/a : NO. 97.6870 CIVIL TERM MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES, INC., Defendants IN RE: DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT Before HOFFER, P.J., OLER and HESS, JJ. QRDER OF COURT AND NOW, ~ ISf ~ after consideration of the Defendants' Motion for summa~ .Qgment, the facts of the record, and the applicable law, Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment Is hereby GRANTED. By the Court, David B. Dowling, Esquire Danielle S. Kilgore, Esquire Rhoads & Sinon, LLP One South Market Square Harrisburg, PA 17108 -1146 Attorneys for Plaintiff _ L~t/,.;i.v"'L<Llt,l 7/Jr/'i? :J. .,J Karen S. Coates, Eisquire Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP 305 North Front Street Harrisburg, PA 17108-0999 Attorneys for Defendants )to! I I' . . 97.6870 CIVIL TERM apartment located on the second floor. (R. Morris Depo., p.8, In. 5; p.21, In. 14.) Mr. Morris does not reside In any of the apartment units In question. Defendants Charles and Florence Morris are retired and have a home out of the area. (R. Morris Depo., p.10, In.13; p.37, In. 3-4.) Mr. Morris testified that he visited the laundromat portion of the building on a daily basis In order to collect change and check on the machines. (R. Morris Depo.. p. 16. In.11; p.17, In. 13-17.) If a tenant had a concern, Mr. Morris could address it at that time. (R. Morris Depo.. p.16, In. 16.) Pursuant to the written lease agreement, Mr. Morris retained the right to enter the apartment In question to make periodic inspections. (R. Morris Depo., p.36. In. 3-7.) Plaintiff fell off a second story balcony of the building owned and managed by Defendants on March 6, 1997. (Complaint, ~ 9.) At the time of the accident, Plaintiff was visiting her friend, Michelle Hoffa, a tenant who leased Apartment B from Defendants pursuant to a written lease agreement. (Complaint, ~~ 5,6. and 7.) Plaintiff alleges that she was standing near the railing on the tenant's balcony when sne fainted and fell over the railing to the ground below. (Complaint, ~ 9.) Tenant never complained about the height of the railing or asked the Defendants to change the railing, nor did she express any concerns about the height of the railing prior to the accident. (Hoffa Depo., p.19, In. 17; p.20, In. 14.) 2 .. . 97-6870 CIVIL TERM The Plaintiff has obtained an expert report from John Brogan, P.E. In which he concluded that the railing over which the Plaintiff fell did not meet the height requirements of "The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) National Building Code" of 1990, which he asserts Is accepted by some municipalities In Pennsylvania. (Brogan Report, p.1, attached to Defendants' Motion as Exhibit "A".) This code requires a height of 42 Inches, whereas the railing In question measures 33 Inches. (Brogan Report, p.2.) The Defendants have obtained an expert opinion from Eugene Aufiero, P.E., establishing that New Cumberland has not adopted the BOCA code and therefore this code Is not controlling In this case and has no legal effect. (Aufiero Report, p.1, attached to Defendants' Motion as Exhibit "B".) The Plaintiff has not refuted this poslllon. Plaintiff has also asserted that Defendants violated section 50.25 of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Code, promulgated by the Department of Labor and Industry, which requires a railing height of 42 Inches. (Brogan Report, p. 2.) In response to Defendants' Request for Admissions, Plaintiff had admitted that this section of the Pennsylvania Code cannot be applied retroactively, as set forth in 49.2(f) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Code. (Plaintiff's Response to Defendants' Request for Admission 6.) The wrought Iron fence over which the Plaintiff fell was Incorporated onto the balcony between 1968 and 1970. (R. Morris Depo., p.11, In. 11.) The42 3 ) il 'I . . 97-6870 CIVIL TERM Inch height requirement of the Pennsylvania Code did not become effective until 1984. (Aufiero report, p.2; Morris Depo., p.11, In. 11.) The pleadings In this case are closed. Defendants flied their Motion for summary Judgment on September 14, 1998. Plaintiff flied a response to Defendants' motion on September 21, 1998. The case was heard at a later argument session. In deciding the motion, the Court will look to the following documents flied of record In this case In addition to the pleadings of the parties: Plaintiff's deposition, Defendant Robert Morris's deposition, Melanie Klein's deposition, Michelle Hoffa's deposition, Defendants' Answers to Plaintiff's Interrogatories and Plaintiff's Answers to Defendants' Request for Admissions. DISCUSSION Motions for summary judgment are governed by Pa. R. Clv. P. 1035.2. The rule states: After tha relevant pleadings are closed, but within such time as to not unreasonably delay trial, any party may move for summary judgment In whole or in part as a matter of law (1) whenever there is no genuine issue of any material fact as to a necessary element of the cause of action or defense which could be established by additional discovery or expert report, or (2) if, after the completion of discovery relevant to the motion, Including the production of expert reports, an adverse party who will bear the burden of proof at trial has failed to produce evidence of facts essential to the cause of action or defense which in a jury trial would require the Issues to be submitted 4 I .' I ".J . . 97-6870 CIVIL TERM to a Jury. Pa. R. Clv. P. 1035.2. In deciding a motion for summary Judgment, this Court will "view the record In the light most favorable to the non-moving party, and all doubts as to the existence of a gonulne Issue of material fact must be resolved against the moving party." Ertel v. Patriot News Co~, 44 Pa. 93, 98-99, 674 A.2d 1038, 1041 (1996). Defendants own the building In question and lease space within that building, but they do not reside on the premises nor do they retain possession and control of Apartment B. The Defendants retain the right to enter Apartment B pursuant to Tenant's written leage for Inspection purposes, but this Implies no reservation of control over the premises which would render Defendants chargeable with maintenance and repair. Henze v. Texaco, 508 A.2d 1200, 1202 (Pa. Super. 1986). Consequently, Defendants are landlords out of possession. In Kobvlinski v. Hipps, the plaintiff, a social guest of a tenant, fell down an exterior unguarded stairwell and plunged to his death. 519 A.2d 488 (Pa.Super. 1986). The plaintiff brought a wrongful death action against both the tenant and landlord. In reviewing the law on landlord liability to third parties, the court noted that "[t]he general rule In Pennsylvania states that a landlord out of possession, In most Instances, Is not rellponslble for injuries sustained by third parties on the leased 5 . - 97-6870 CIVIL TERM defective balcony railing, nor did Defendants refuse to make the repairs or perform repairs in a negligent manner. Tenant Michelle Hoffa testified that sho never expressed concern about the height of the railing to the Defendants or asked them to replace the railing. Like the unguarded stairwell In Kobvllnskl, the railing Is a condition that was conspicuous at the time that Tenant's lease was executed and, consequently, the second exception does not apply. The height of the balcony railing In question could not have been a concealed condition Involving an unreasonable risk because It was plainly visible to Tenant, Plaintiff, and Defendants. Because the condition of the railing was plainly visible to Tenant and Plaintiff, the Defendants did not conceal or fall to disclose the condition of the railing. Defendant Robert Morris had been on the balcony at least six times and never questioned the height of the railing. He thought the height was adequate. The third exception does not apply in the present case because the premises were not used for purposes Involving the admission of the public, and the fourth exception does not apply because the Defendants did not retain control over the apartment or the balcony, nor did the Defendants share any right to possess any section of the leased premises with the tenant. Plaintiff asserts that the Issue of whether the balcony railing constitutes a 7 ilJ 'I . . 97-6870 CIVIL TERM dangerous and hazardous condition, is a question for the jury. Given the finding above that Defendants were out of possession landlords and not liable to Plaintiff, the court does not need to reach this issue. Defendants did not breach any statutory duty to the plaintiff regarding the height of the balcony railing. Plaintiff's expert report, concluding that the railing over which the Claimant fell did not meet the height requirements of the BOCA National Building Code of 1990, has not been adopted in New Cumberland. Therefore, this Code is not controlling and has no legal effect In the present case. Th~ standard height for railings set forth in the Pennsylvania Code is inapplicable in the present case as well because this section of the Code, as set forth in 49.2(f) of Title 34, cannot be applied retroa<..1ively. The wrought iron fence over which the Plaintiff fell was incorporated onto the balcony between 1968 and 1970, but the 42 inch height requirement of the Pennsylvania Code did not become effective until 1984. In conclusion, summary judgment is granted In favor of the Defendants. Because Defendants were landlords out of possession and not liable for Plaintiff's Injuries, the question need not be reached as to whether the height of the railing constituted a dangerous and hazardous condition. In addition we find that Defendants did not breach any statutory duty toward the Plaintiff. 8 ,-, . . Dnvld II. Dowling, l:"'1uire Anonlcy I.D. No. 25451 RIIOADS & SINON I.I.P One Sonth Market S'Iuare, 121h Flllor P.O. Box 1146 lIarr"'burg, PA 17108-11.16 (717) 233-5731 Anonlcys tin Plaintiff KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintitl" : IN TilE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF : CUMBERI.AND COUNTY, PENNSYI. VANIA v. : CIVIl. ACTION - LA W n 1/"' \ 'D ~111 - , ,Ii , ..,' i .".) L , , c " , .. ..~~ .. , ,. CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, : No. 97-6870 CIVIL tld/b/uMORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES,INC., Defendants : JlJR Y TRIAL DEMANDED . . .' , ,., . , .............................................." ,.. . , -', NOTICE OF Al'l'fo:AL NOTICE is hereby given, that Plaintiff, Kimberly Rosenberg. hereby appeals to the SuperiorCoUl1 of Pennsylvania Irom the Order entered in lhis matter 011 the 15th day of July, 199.$' _' This Order has been entered on the doeketll~ evidenced by the attached docket entry. RIlOADS & SINON LLP ,..,..J. avid B. Dowling One South Market Square P. O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, P A 17108-1146 (717) 233-5731 ^ttorm~ys for Plainti 1"1' Dated: "/t)t>/'l9 ~1JJ:l'HII IlO PYS!:i10 1997-005870 Cumbe~land county prothonotary's~!fice -.civil Case Inquiry .. ROSENBERG KIMBERLY (vs) MORRIS ROBERT ET AL Page 1 Reference No..: Case Type.....: COMPLAINT Judgment......: .00 Judge Assiqned: HOFFER GEORGE E PJ Disposed Desc.: ------.------ Case Comments ------------- Filed.. 1.1..': Time. "'" "",: Execution Date Jury Trial.... Disposed Date. Higher Crt 1.: Higher Crt 2.: 12/15/1997 lO:12 0/0010000 0/00/0000 .........**...................***..****..****................................... General Index Attorney Info ROSENBERG KIMBERLY PLAINTIFF' DOWLING DAVID B 262 BELMONT STREET MONIAK STEPHEN WATERTOWN MA 02172 MORRIS ROBERT DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET StIIREMANS'fOWN PA l70ll MORRIS LAUNDROMAT I ON SERVICES DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S INC ~H1R~~~s~S~~ ~~IN1~6~~ET MORRIS CHARLES D DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S MORRIS FLORENCE A DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S **........................**............**...................................... * Date Entries * ..**.........................................*****....**........................ 12/15/1997 12/19/1997 1/05/1998 l/30/1998 2/06/1998 2/12/l998 2/19/1998 2/20/1998 2/20/1998 3/05/l998 3/11/1998 3/23/1998 4/01/1998 6/05/1998 6/11/1998 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - - - -.. FIRST ENTRY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLAINT .. CIVIL ACTION --------------------------------..---------------------------------- SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED Litiqant.: MORRIS ROBERT T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMA~ION SERVICES INC SERVED : l2/18/97 COMPL ~~~:~.:::: ~ - ~~~: ~ ~.. ~~ - ~~~ - ~~~~~~ - ~~~ - ~~~~~ - ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~~~~.. - - - --- - - ---- -- ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY JACK M HARTMAN ESQ ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENDANT'S ANSWER WITH NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT -------------------------------_._---------------~------------------ AMENDED COMPLAINT ------------..------------.------------------------------------------ STIPULATION ----------,--------------------------------------------------------- PLAIN'rIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' NEW MI\TTER -----------------.-----------.----------------.----------------------- SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED Litigant.: MORRXS CHARLES D T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMA'l'ION SERVICES SERVED : 2/19/98 AMENDED COMPL ~~~:~::::~-~~~:~~-~~-~~:_~~~~~~-~~~-~~~~~-~~~~~~~~~~----------..---- SHERH'F'S RETURN FILED Litigant.: MORRIS FLORENCE A T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES SERVED : 2/l9/98 AMENDf:D COMPI. Costs....: $12.00 Pd By: RHOADS & SINON 02l19/l998 ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFENDANTS' ANSWER WITH NEW MATTER TO PI,AINTIFF' S AMENDED COMPLAINT ----.--------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE PREREQ'JISITE TO SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO I\ULE 4009.22 ------------------.------------..------------------------------------ PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAINT -----.-------------------------..------------------------------------ CER'l'IFrCATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE OF' A SUBPOENA PURSUAlIT TO RULE 4009.22 -..-----------------.------------------------------------------------ PLA INTIFF' S ANSWERS TO DEFENDI\NT' S REQ'JEST FOR ADMISSIONS DIRECTED TO PLAINTIFF' KIMBERLY ROSENBERG ------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTICE OF SERVICE -----------------"-----------_._--------_._--------_.~.----------------- 1/1 PYS5l0 1997-06870 cumb~~~nd County Prothonotary's nffice ivil Case Inquiry ~ ROSENBERG KIMBERLY (vs) MORRIS ROBERT ET AL Reference No..: Case Type...,.: COMPLAINT JUd~ment" .. .. : .00 Jud e Assigned: HOFFER GEORGE E PJ Dis' oBed Desc.: ------------ Case Comments ------------- 7/02/ 1998 8/ l3/ 1998 8/18/l998 9/l0/l998 9/14/ 1998 9/14/l998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 10/0l/1998 3/15/1999 3/l5/1999 7/15/1999 Page 2 F i 1 ad. . . . . . . . : Time. I "'" "": Execution Date Jury Trial.... Disponed Date. Higher Crt 1.: Hiqhar Crt 2.: SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 35.00 .50 5'80 5. 0 35.00 .50 5'80 5. 0 .00 .00 .00 .00 ------------ .00 12/l5/l997 10:12 0/00/0000 0/00/0000 ~~S~:~~CATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE OF A ----------------------------------------------.--------------------- DEF'ENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY ------------------------------------------------------------------- ORDER - DATED 8/l8/98 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL - DISCOVERY CONFERENCE 9/30/9B 3:30 PM CR 1 - BY J WESLEY OLER JR J - COPIES MAILED B/l9/9B ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY __u________________________________________________________________ DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT -----------------------------------------~------------------------- PRAECIPE FOR LISTING CASE FOR ARGUMENT BY DREW P GANNON ESQ DENENDANT'S MOTIN FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPOSITION OF KIMBERLY ROSENBERG ------------------.------------------------------------------------- DEPOSITION OF ROBERT MORRIS ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPOSITION OF MEI,ANIE KLEIN ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPOSITION OF MICHELE HOFFA -----------------------------------------.-------------------------- DEFENDANTS' ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFF'S INTERROGATORIES -------------------------------------------------.-----------.------- ORDER OF COURT - DATED 9/30/98 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY - BY J WESLEY OLER JR J - NOTICE MAILED lO/2/98 -------------------.------------------------------------------------ ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY KAREN S COATES ESQ ----------------------------..-------------------------------------- WITHDRAWAL OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY JACK HARTMAN ESQ ------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT - DATED 7/15/99 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT - GRANTED - BY GEORGE E HO~'FER PJ - COPIES MAILED 7/l5/99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LAST ENTRY - - - - - - - - - - - - ****.....***....**.***...**....*.......**.*.*..*******.w**......*............... * Escrow Information . · Fees & Debi ts Beq Bal Pvrnts / Ad i End Bal . ...........*.*.......*....'......*...*****~*.*...,..**...*...........**.......... 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Hofler President Judge Cumberland County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Carlisle,I'A 17013 Dear Judge Hoffer: With regard to the above captioned action. enclosed are eopies of the following: Notice of Appeal. Statement regarding the Transcript. and Proof of Service of Notice of Appeal: the originals of which are being tiled with the Cumberland County Prothonotary. DBDlclz Enclosure Very truly yours. RHOADS& SINON LLP ~ ~ ~ow mg /77 YO~U O"IC! 'lIJITII 11. 11 'W. Otl!lHh' LAf'll!, VOAle, IIA 1'401, TlLI!PHaNI (111) 8.0 HI8, 'U (111) .JJl.UU LANCA5f1A 0"110 1~ NORTH LIM! $TAUT, LANCASTU, II... llft01, TILIPHONI (111) nJ.Hll, ""X (111) lH-IH'J AfIf1ILIArI!O O"'1CI! SUlrf ].(" 1100 SOUTH DUll HIGHWA'f, aOCA "ArON, 'L JHLI:. fllIPHQNI ('61) In.51H, !I.\lt (~6l) JU.9-491 JlIIl)lltll I'l~NRV 'II AHO...05 ItOISI!RT H l.ONG, JIt " !I'lIAIl.L T MOyl!R J"'N P P"'OIN ItICMARO . '0'1000 LAWRI!NCe.. AlSAAMS Ill" ). IRuC! W"'L UK JOHN P. M"'NIII!CK 'RANK ). Lllllt '''''/L A, LUNQUN JACK,.. 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R HIJ'4DIR'HOT I'UH'JID FAX (717) Dl.6637 EM AIL ddowllng@rho.Jd...non.com OIlUCt OIA~ /'to ~.11.66H II1LI NO. July 23. 1999 Rc: I~oscnberl! v. Morris. Civil Action No. 97.6870 6118'1101 Thomas E. Cheflins. Court Adminislrator Cumberland County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Carlisle. PA 17013 Dear Mr. Cheffins: With regard 10 Ihe above captioned action. enclosed are copies of the following: NOliee of Appeal. Statement regarding the Transeripl. and Proof of Service of Notice of Appeal; Ihe originals of which are being filed wilh the Cumberland Counl}' Prothonotary. DUD/c1z Ene losure Very Irul}' yours. RHOADS & SINON LLP I~ " ~ng 0'6 lO.1l\l1nll VOltlC OlllllCI: SuI" JI, IL ". CH!Rln LANII, VOItI(, PA. 1"'01, rll.lIl1HQNft (111) 114) 1111, ,,,. (111) U,J.1Hoj LANC~STlA O"~ICII: 15 NOR.rH 101M! 'irAIH, I.....NCA'HlIIl, PA 11lIc)), "IILIIPHON, (111) ]91.HU, flAIt Pin 2U,\"1 ""~ILIA"O QHIClf 5Ulrll J.e, 1100 soutH DUll HIGHWU, 80CA lUJaN, n lIUJ, fllolIPHQNI UU) 1')5.'n1" llU ('UI Jt'.'HI I I ". " c', ~ '~ .' , f " , ,:': , ; , ;r , , , 'i.. /. j I, '" , ('" ,) c.t 1:1 :"1 I .~. , , J ;:E ~ 0-... " J ' ~ l.' UI ; ~ <:;', \J u-. 0- ~ <> ..... \) " () ~ 1:J ~ () r.i. " v '...e''/ :l(Y.NILl David n. Dowllll~, Esqlllr~ Altorney I.t>. No. 2~"~2 tUlOAI)S & SINON 1.1.1' ()II~ SOllth' Markel Sqoar~, 12\h Fluur )'.0. llos 1146 f1arrlsbur~, PA 17108.1146 (717) 2JJ.~7J I , Altorn~Y5 for 1'llIlntlll' KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, Plaintitl' v. CHARLES D. MORRIS, FLORENCE A. MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, tld/b/a MORRIS LAUNDROMATlON SERVICES, INC., Delcndnnts (-I \,,:) t', (~ \(:J .." f ,:', ~...: : INnIECOlJRTOFCOMMONPlli~AS9~ " ' : ClIMBERLANDCOUNTY.PENNSYLVANIA , ,,' . ., r'.:l "1 ., , " \, ': : CIVIL ACTION - LAW ~'; :,. _'~. r:-.1 No. 97-6870CIVIL : JlIRYTRIAL DEMANDED STATEMENT RE: T1~ANSCRIPT ,i;] I .' ~.' ) :;1 .r. . The undersigned states that to the best of his knowledge, inlormation and belief, and aller consulting with the oflicial court reporter, Marie Farley, there is no verbatim record of the oral argument held on October 7, 1998 regarding Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment in the above-captioned matter. RHOADS & SINON LLP By: David B. Dowling One South Market Square P. O. Box 1146 Harrisburg, P A 17108-1146 (717) 233-5731 Attorneys for Plaintiff /'62 . ~ PV5~10 1997,-06870 Cumberland County prothonotary's 0ffice ~Civil Case Inquiry ~, ROSENBERG KIMBERLY (vs) MORRIS ROBERT ET AL Page 1 Reference No..: Case Type.....: COMPLAINT Judgment......: .00 Judge Assigned: HOFFER GEORGE E PJ Disposed Desc. : ------------ Case Con~ents ------------- Filed.. ..... .: Tilne... ......: Execution Date Jury Trial.... Disposed Date. Higher Crt 1.: Higher Crt 2.: 12/ l5'! 1997 10: 12 0/00/0000 0/00/0000 ...**........................................**........****..................... General Index Attorney Info ROSENBERG KIMBERLY PLAINTIFF DOWLING DAVID B 262 BELMONr STREET MONIAK STEPHEN WATERTOWN MA 02172 MORRIS ROBERT DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET SHIREMANSTOWN PA l7011 MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S INC 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET SHIREMANSTOWN PA 17011 MORRIS CHARLES D DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S MORRIS FLORENCE A DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S **..............................**......***....**............................... . Date Entries · ...........**......................**.....**............*.....**~....*.....*.... l2/l5/1997 12/19/1997 l./05/1998 1/30/1998 2/06/1998 2/ l2/1998 2/19/1998 2/20/1998 2/20/1998 3/05/l998 3/l1/199B 3/23/1998 4/01/1998 6/05/l998 6/11/1998 - - - - - - - - - - - - - FIRST ENTRY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLAINT - CIVIL ACTION ---------------------.---------------------------------------------- SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED Litigant.: MORRIS ROBERT T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES INC SERVED : 12/1&/97 COMPL Costs....: $28.68 Pd By: RHOADS AND SINON 12/19/l997 ------------------------------------------------------------------- ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY JACK M HARTMAN ESQ ------------------------------------------.-------------------------- DEFENDANT'S ANSWER WITH NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF'S COMPLAINT ---------------------------.---------------------------------------- AMENDED COMPLAINT -----------------.-------------------------------------------------- STIPULATION ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' NEW MATTER ------------------------------------------------------------------- SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED Lltiqant.: MORRIS CHARLES D T/D/B/ A MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES SERVED : 2/19/98 AMENDED COMPL Costs....: $32.06 Pd By: RHOADS AND SINON 02/19/1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SHERIFF'S RETURN FILED Litigant.: MORRIS FLORENCE A T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES SERVED : 2/19/98 AMENDED COMPL Costs....: $12.00 Pd By: RHOADS & SINON 02/19/1998 -----------------------------------------..------------------------- DEFENDANTS' ANSWER WITH NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAINT -----------------.-------------------------------------------------- C~;R'1'IFICATE PREREQUISITE '1'0 SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RUI,E 4009.22 -------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAINT --------.----------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S ANSWERS TO DEf'E:NDANT'S REQUEST FOH ADMISSIONS DIRECTED TO PLAINTIFF KIMBERLY ROSf~NBERG --.---------------------------------------------..------------------- NOTICE OF SERVICE _______..M__________________._______________'M________----------------- } ;j i( ., l-YS510 1997-068.70 Cumberland County Prothonotar.y's Office ~~Civil Case Inquiry ~ ROSENBERG KIMBERLY (VII) MORRIS ROBERT ET AI. Page 2 Reference No.. : Case Type.....: COMPLAINT JUdgment.!....: .00 Judge Ass gned: HOFFER GEORGE E PJ Disposed Desc.: ------------ Case Comments ------------- 7/02/1998 Filed........: 12/l5/1997 Time.........: lO: l2 Execution Date 0/00/0000 Jury Trial.... Disposed Date. 0/00/0000 Higher Crt 1.: Hiqher Crt 2.: SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 8/13/1998 8/18/1998 9110/199tJ 9/l4/1998 9/14/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 S/21/1998 9/21/1998 9/21/l99B 9/2l/1998 10/01/1998 3115/1999 3/15/1999 7115/1999 CERTIFICATE PRERF.QUISITE TO SERVICE OF A 4009.2" ---------------------------------~.--------------------------------- DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY ------------------------------------------------------..------------ ORDER - DATED 8/18/98 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL - DISCOVERY CONFEREN5E 9/30/98 3:30 PM CR 1 - BY J WESLEY OLER JR J - COPIES MAILED B/l9 98 ------------------------------------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTrON TO COMPEL DISCOVERY -------------------------------------------------,---------.--------- DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- PRAECIPE FOR LISTING CASE FOR ARGUMENT BY DREW P GANNON ESQ DENENDANT'S MOTIN FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ------------------------------------..------------------------------ PLAINTIFF'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT DEPOSITION OF KIMBERLY ROS~NBERG ----------------------------------------------------------..-------- DEPOSITION OF ROBERT MORRIS ----.--------------------------------------------------------------- DEPOSITION OF MELANIE KLEIN ---------------------------------------------------..--------------- DEPOSITION or' MICHELE HOFFA --------------------------..---------------..------------------------ DEFENDANTS' ANSWERS TO PLAINTIFF'S INTERROGATORIES -.------------------------------------------------------------------ ORDER OF COURT - DATED 9/30/98 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL DISCOVERY - BY J WESLEY OLER JR J - NOTICE MAILED 10/2/98 -------------_..---------------------------------------------------- ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY KAREN S COATES ESQ ----------------------------------------------------..-------------- WITHDRAWAl, OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY JACK HARTMAN ESO ------------------------------------------------------------------- OPINION AND ORDER OF COURT- DATED 7/15/99 - IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT - GRANTED - BY GEORGE E HOFFER PJ -. COPIES MAILED 7/15/99 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - LAST ENTRY .......*.....*.............................**...*...................*........... · Escrow Information .. .. Fees & Debits Beq Bal Pvmts/Adi End Bal . .*...*........**....*****.......................*............................... COMPLAINT TAX ON CMPLT SETTLEMENT JCP FEE 35.00 35.00 .50 .50 5.00 5,00 5.00 5.00 -----------------------.. 45.50 45.50 .00 .00 .00 .00 --- -... -- - - - -- .00 ......***.............*..............*..........**.............................. · End of Case Information .. ......*.*.*....**...*.~.**.*..****~..........*....*............................. TRUE COpy F[:i'\! r..:CGRD In T(.,lin;';,,: ....here0f, 11,.:( U"J 5',~ n!Y hand and the 5~al 0: ,J;d '~O'J"I JI Cc.'b,), Pa. '::X' ,r"7. // ",,"'Co' Till! ....~.. .c ..... ~,ly 0, 7:~" 1971:'. ......v?~N~..X. ~~...f)fr v Prothonotary I :1':) '" . '1 ,.... i"", CElnJrlICATE OF SEIWICE " I , I hereby eerti(y lhalon lhis.i,~~': dny of~:;;k{L' :.__.' 1999,n true und correct copy ofthc foregoing Amended Notice of Appeal was scrvc,ii:yl11ellI1S of United Stales mnil, tirst class, postnge prepuid, upon the following: Chnrles D. Morris 1070 Memory l.ul1e Mechanicsburg,I' A 17055 Florence A. Morris 1070 Memory hUle Mechanicsburg,l' A 17055 Roberl Morris.lId/b/a Morris Lmllldromation Services,lnc. 6353 North l'owderhorn Roud Meehanicsburg. PA 17055 The Honorable George E. Holler President Judge Cumberland Counly Courthouse One Courthouse Square Carlisle,l'A 17013 Marie Farley, Court Reporter Cumberland County Courthouse One Courthouse Sqll(U'e Carl isle, P A 17013 Thomas E. Cheftins, Court Administrator Cumberland County Courthouse One Courthouse Square Curl isle, PA 17013 ,/ / ,~ ,.) (&';"c/h,.' (f.~:;y'~", c ( ( iii' J'?~ -4; I j .} 't ,- .;1' 'r ,~ 111 t,. (t', I,: ~ ~..f? ..'! l---:: l":l i ." Il" , i' ,- " C, ' - I " (.., 'r' r,':1 ' . " , I , \ , I' e" J ~ , /" ) ~ , ... '-' - ~ fA ... 08/20/99 1434 SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA OFFICIAL DOCKET DOCKET # 01331MDA99 FULL CAPTION 0011' KIMBERLY ROSENBERG V 0028 CHARLES D MORRIS 0038 FLORENCE A MORRIS 0048 ROBERT MORRIS T/8/D/A MORRIS LAUDROMATION SERVICES, INC. , COUNSEL TITLE FOR MAIL 25452 DAVID B DOWLING OOlT Y ONE SOUTH MARKET STREET P.O. BOX 1146 HARRISBURG, PA 17108-1146 717-233-5731 Y6l77 CHARLES 0 MORRIS PRO SE 002E Y 1070 MEMORY LANE MECHANISBURG, PA 17055 Y6178 FLORENCE A MORRIS PRO SE 003E Y 1070 MEMORY L.l\NE MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055 Y6179 ET AL ROBERT MORRIS 6353 NORTH POWDERHORN ROAD MECHANICSBURG, PA 17055 PRO SE 004E Y CONSOLIDATED DOCKET NUMBER BACKGROUND DATA TRIAL. COURT RECORDS CATEGORY: COURT NAME: COUNTY: JUDICIAL DISTRICT: CASE TYPE/CHARGE: TRIAL COURT CHARGES: JUDGE (S) : DISPOSITION TYPE: DISPOSITION DATE: APPEAL FILE DATE: DISPOSrTION ENTERED: TRIAL, CRT DOCKET NO. : OFFENSE TRACKING NO.: CV CIVIL CUMBERLAND 09 HOFFER, G ORDER ENTERED 07/15/99 07/28/99 97-6870 STATUS INFORMATION 09/03/99 DOCKETING STATEMENT DUE 09/06/99 LOWER COURT RECORD DUE DOCKET ENTRIES FOR J~t Ollyld ^. Sll:WI:1I1k, hll Prothonotary Plltrida A. Whllukrr, EIII. Chier CI"k Superior Court of Pennsylvania Middle District I'uhun BuilJins, 100 N. ThirJ Sir"" 9lh Fluor lI.lrrilbur~, PA 1710L June 20, 2000 717.771.m.! 'W'Ww .Iul,eritlr ,CQUrt.5lille,p.l. us Certificate of Remittal/Remand of Record TO: Mr. Curlls R. Long Prothonotary RE: ROSENBERG, K V MORRIS, C ET AL No.: 1331 MDA 1999 Trial Court Docket Number: 97-6870 Trial Court/Agency Name: Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas Annexed hereto pursuant to Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure 2571 and 2572 Is the entire record for the above matter. Contents of Original Record: Original Record Item RECORD IN 1 PART Date of Remand of Record: Flied Date January 10, 2000 AUG - 8 2000 Description Enclosed Is an additional copy of the cerllficate. Please acknowledge receipt by signing, dallng, and returning the enclosed copy to the prothonotary Office or the Chief Clerk's office. Y~tl,W~ Patrlcla A. VVhlttaker Chief Clerk , ;~O Date Printed Name . '^.GE . -10 1 ,! - 13 1 - 19 !) - 31 1 1- 36 I '! Clllllhol'ldnd County Pn)thuflOI,ll"y'H <H'jcn Civil CiHIO lflquir"v l'I'P 0(111'10 U\lSI':NIII:/I,; K' MIII':rll,Y I VII I MOIl/! r t; 1l<J1I1':U'I' 1-;'1' At, I'V~i'J 10 ";HJO Hntol'pncu No.,; CaRo 'I'ypo.. I . .: COMPI.A I N'l' Judgmunl,.....: .00 ,ludqo Ass Ignod: /lO(-'Ft:U GJo:OUGI'; E 1'.1 IlIsposod Donc.: - .. - - - -". Cc:.UjO COllununtu (-'llod........ : '1' Imp., . I .. .. .. : ~:XQGul Oil ntll(~ Jury 'l'riill.... DIspos"d Dalo. /llghor Crt I.: Iflghor Crt 2.: 1211511997 10: 12 0/00/0000 0/00/0000 1331 MDA 99 .".~...............,........................................................... Gonoral Indox Attornoy Info HOSt:NBERG KIMUEllI.Y 1'1..AIN1'H'F DOWI.IIIG DAVID B 262 BELMONT STRt:t;1' MONIAK STEPIfEN WATERTOWN MA 021'12 MORRIS ROBERT DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET SIfIREMANSTOWN PA 17011 MO/l/lIS LAUNDHOMATION SERVICES DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S INC 231 REAR EAST MAIN STREET SIIlREMANSTOWN PA 170 II MORRIS CIfARLES D DEFENDANT COATES KAREN S MORRIS FLORENCE A Df:FENDAN1' COATES KAREN S ...!..................................................*............**........... · Dale t:ntr los . ....***...~.......*......*..................................*.~*......*..**...*.. 12/15/199'1 12/19/199') 1/05/1998 1/30/1998 2/06/1998 2/12/1998 2/19/1998 2/20/1998 2/20/1998 'J - 4 5 3/05/1998 ',-49 3/11/1998 I-54 3/23/1HO , -75 4/01/1998 ,- 84 6/05/1998 FI/lST ENTHY - - - - - - - - - - - - - COMPLAINT - CIVIl. AC1'ION ----------------------..--------------------------------------------. SHE/lIFF'S RETURN FILED I,itlgant.: MORRIS ROBERT T/D/El/A MORRIS LAUIIDROMATION SERVICES INC SERVED : 12/18/97 COMPL ~~~:~:::::-~~~:~~_~~_O.~:_~~~~~~_~~~_~~~?~_~~~~~~~~~?_____________ ENTRY Of' APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS ElY JACK M IIAR'l'MAN ESQ ------------------- ... --------------------------------------..--. DEf'r:NIJAN'I"S ANSWEH WIT" m:w MA'I'TEH TO Pl.AINTIFF'S COMPI.AINT -.- ...-..-------------- ----.-------------.-------------------------- AMENDt:n COMPI,AINT -------------------- ----..---------------------------------------- -- S'l'IPULA1'ION --------------------------.----------------------------------------- PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO DEFENDANTS' NEW MATTER ---------.-------------------------------------..------------- ---- SIIERU"F'S RE'l'URN F I LED Litiganl.: MORRIS CHARI.ES D T/D/B/ A MORRIS LAUNDROMAT ION SERVICES SERVED : 2/19/98 AMENDED COMPL Costs. ...: $.32.06 I'd By: RHO..'lDS AND SINON 02/19/1998 ------------------------------------------------------------------- SIfERIFF'S RETURN FIl.ED I,it1gilnt., MORRIS f'l,ORf:NCE A T/D/El/A MORRIS I.AUNDROMATION SERVICf:S SERVED : 2/19/98 AMENDED COMPL Costs....: $12.00 Pd By: RHOADS' SINON 02/19/1998 ------------------..-------------.------.------.---------------------- DEt'ENDANTS' ANSWER WITII NEW MATTER TO PLAINTIFF' S AMENDED COMPLAINT ------------------------------------------------------------------- CERTIFICATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RULE 4009.22 - - - - - .. .. .~ .. - - - - - _ _ M .. ._ _ .. __ _ _ _ _ _. _ .. .. _ ._ _ __ _ .. .. _ _ _. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .M _ _ _ _ _ .. PLAINTIt'f"S REPl.Y TO Df:f'ENDANTS' NEW MATTER '1'0 PI,AINTIFF'S AMENDED COMPLAIN1' ---------------------.--------------------------------.------------ CERTIf'lCATE PREREQUISITE TO SERVICE OF A SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO RUI.f: 4009.22 .. .... -'.. - - - - .- . . - - _ _ _ _.. _ .. _ __ .. _ _ _ _ _ _ .M _ _ _ . PLAINT[f'!,'S ANSWI:RS '1'0 m:t'ENDAN1"S REQUEST t'OR ADMISSIONS DIRECTED TO P['AINTIFf' KIMOf:HI.Y HOSENElF.rW 6/11/1990 NOTICE fH' Sf:HV lef: PY~i'J 1 () ~. CUllIhllrldnd /'1)11111 Y I'rql tJtJlllll "rY'1l orf I,',. Civi I CdtiO (Il'llllr~' Pdt'" 1'1'11 Old/'IO 1l<l:;i:NI\I-:llc; ~;'MI\I':llI,Y IV';) MCllllllt; 1l<l1lr-:/l'I' J-:'1' AI. Unt oronco No. . : l~t1HU '('ypu.. . , ,; C()MPLAl N'I' ,lud(JlllOlll. . . . , . : .00 .1udqu AHB ltJIHfd: !lOFFElt <i!-:OIHiE ,.; P,I [)ISllOHO(! 1)(tH(:~: , C,ISl! (.ormnufll ~I 16-90 '//02/1998 ) 2 11-103 11/1]/1998 8/18/1998 04 -109 10-130 Jl 9/10/1998 9/l4/l998 9/14/1998 32 -156 57 9/21/1998 9/21/1~98 9/21/1998 9/2l/ 1998 9/21/1998 9/21/1998 10/01/1998 56-159 (,0 3/15/1999 1/1511999 /I 15/199g ,>1-169 70 -172 73-161 H2 7/26/1999 7/26/1999 '1/26/1999 "1/28/1999 7/28/1999 H3-166 H 7 - 169 8/24/1999 Cf:H"'ll'ICA'l'I'; I'ln:llf:Q'"S1'I'E '1'0 SEIlVICE Of' A 4009,22 Vi 1011, . . . . , , , : '1'llIlu. , , ' , , , , , : f';xOCIIL I 011 f)i1lt~ ,Jury 'I'f.' id 1, . , , D1SllOsud IMlo, 0/00/0' 1119 lOr CrL 1.: 1331 MllA IIlqhor Crt 2,: SUBPOENA PURSUAN'" "'0 Rl/I lUl'l/1 10 0/00/0 . - -.. - - .. - .. . - '. IH:f'f:NDANT'S MO'l'ION 'l'O COMPE:I. tllSCOVE:ny --_.~.._.._.._----- -.. -_..~---------.._-----_.._--------------~- .-....-- OIlDf:R - DATED 8/10/98 - IN HE llf:f'ENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL - DISCOVERY CONFEIlENCE 9/30/90 3:]0 PM CR 1 - BY J WESLEY OLER JIl COPIES MAILED 6/19/98 ~ . . . - ... - - - - - .. .... . - . - - - ,- ,- .... -. . - - - .. . .. ~ '. . - - - - - '. - - - - '. - - .. - - - - - - - - - - - - . . Pl.AIN1'I l'F' S RESPONSE '1'0 Df:n;NllAN'I'S' M01'ION '1'0 COMPEL DISCOVEny .. '. - - ... - '. - - - - - - .. .. .. .. - . - . - - - - - ,. .. . - -. ~ - - - - .. -. - - - - '. - .. . . - ~' - - - - - '. - '- - - .. - '. DEFF.NDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT ------..--------------------..------------.------..---.------------ PRAECIPE FOil LISTING CASE f'OR ARGUm:NT BY DREW I' GANNON ESQ DENF.NDANT'S MOTIN f'OR SUMMARY .IUDGMENT --------------------..-----....---..--....--------------------------_. PI,AIN'l'If'f"S RESPONSE '!'O DEFf;NDANTS' M01'ION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMEN'!' DEPOS 1.j'ION -or-KIMBERLY - ROSENBERG -., - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ----- - - - --- - -- -----------------.,-------..---------------------------"----------- Df:POSITION OF ROUER1' MORRIS -------..-------..--.------.----------- ---------..------------------.. DEPOSITION OF MELANIE KLEIN ----------------------..------------------------------~---------_. DEPOSITION OF MICHEI,E HOFFA ----------------------------- ----..------------------------------ DEf'ENDAN1'S' ANSWEIlS TO PLAINT I Ff" S INTERROGATORIES -----..---------------------------------------------------------- ORDEIl OF COUR1' - DATED 9130/98 .. IN RE DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO COMPEL. DISCOVERY - BY J WESLEY OLER .JR J - NOTICE MAILED 10/2/98 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ENTRY OF APPEARANCE FOR DEFENDANTS BY KAREN S COATES ESQ ----_.._-----------------.---------------------------------------- WITHIlIlAWAr, Of' APl'f:AIIANCf: E'OIl DE;n:NIlAN'rs BY JACK IIARTMAN ESO . . - - _. .. - - . '. - - ... - '. - -.. -. - - - .. OI'INIWI AND OIUlEIl OF COlJll'!' IJA'!'Ell '1/15/99 - IN liE DEf'E:NDAN'l'S' MOTION FOil SUMMAHY JUDGMEN'l' - GIlAN'l'ElJ - BY GEOIlGE E HOFFER PJ ' COPIES MAILED 7/15/99 --------------------,-------------------------------------------.. NOTICE OF APPEAL TO SUPERIOR COlJnT FROM ORDER ENTERED 7/15/95 BY DAVID B DOWLING F.SQ ---------------------------------------------------------------- PROOF OF SERVICF. OF NOTICE or APPEAL ----------------------------------------------------------------- STATEMENT RE: TRANSCRIPT AMENDED ------------------------------..---------------------..------------ AMf:NIlED NOTICE Of' APl'f;Al. TO SUPf:RIon COURT FROM ORDER ENTERED 7/15/99 BY DAVID 8 DOWLING ESQ -------------------------...-------------------------------------- SUPER 1011 COURT OF PA NOTICE 9f _!\P~~;!\!;<..DOCKETING TO , 1J31 MDA 99 J, A25019/00 KIMBERLY ROSENBERG, IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Appellant fl q 7 - fr. ~7o (l~v~L v, CHARLES 0, MORRIS, FLORENCE A, MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS T/D/B/A MORRIS LAUNDROMATION SERVICES, INC., Appellees No, 1331 MDA 19CJ9 Appeal from the Order entered July 15, 1999 In the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County, Civil Division, at No. 97-6870, BEFORE: McEWEN, P.J" LALLY-GREEN, and HESTER, JJ. F I LED JUN 2 0 2000 MEMORANDUM: Appellant, Kimberly Rosenberg, appeals the trial court's grant of summary judgment In favor of Appellees, Charles D. Morris, Florence A. Morris, and Robert Morris, t/d/b/a Morris Laundromatlon Services, Inc, We affirm, The facts, as found by the trial court, are as follows, [Appellee] Robert Morris testified that he Is the general manager of the property In question, which his parents, Charles D. Morris and Florence A. Morris, purchased In 1968, The property Is three stories In height. The first floor contains four commercial stores, Including a laundromat run by the [Appellees], and a book store, beauty shop and pizza shop leased to other commercial tenants, The second and third floors of the building comprise five apartment units, The apartment in question Is a one bedroom apartment located on the second floor. J. A25019/00 [Appellee] Mr, Morris does not reside In any of the apartment units In question. [Appellees] Charles and Florence Morris are retired and have a home out of the area, [Appellee] Mr, Morris testified that he visited the laundromat portion of the building on a dally basis In order to collect change and check on the machines. If a tenant had a concern, Mr. Morris could address It at that time, Pursuant to the written lease agreement, Mr. Morris retained the right to enter the apartment In question to make periodic Inspections, [Appellant] fell off a second story balcony of the building owned and managed by [Appellees] on March 6, 1997, At the time of the accident, [Appellant] was visiting her friend, ~'lIchelle Hoffa, a tenant who leased Apartment B from [Appellees] pursuant to a written lease agreement. [Appellant] alleges she was standing near the railing on the tenant's balcony when she fainted and fell over the railing to the ground below, Tenant never complained about the height of the railing or asked [Appellees] to change the railing, nor did she express any concerns about the height of the railing prior to the accident. [Appellant] has obtained an expert report from John Brogan, P,E, in which he concluded that the railing over which [Appellant] fell did not meet the height requirements of "The Building Officials and Code Administrators (BOCA) National Building Code" of 1990, which he asserts Is accepted by some municipalities In Pennsylvania. This Code requires a height of 42 Inches, whereas the railing in question measures 33 Inches, [Appellees] have obtained an expert report from Eugene Aufiero, P,E" establishing that New Cumberland has not adopted the BOCA code and therefore this code Is not controlling in this case and has no legal effect. [Appellant] has not refuted this position, 2 J, A2S019/00 [Appellant] has also asserted that [Appellees] violated section 50,25 of Title 23 of the Pennsylvania Code, promulgated by the Department of Labor and Industry, which requires a railing height of 42 Inches, In response to [Appellees] Request for Admissions, [Appellant] had admitted that this section of the Pennsylvania Code cannot be applied retroactively, as set forth In 49,2(f) of Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Code. The wrought Iron fence over which the [Appellant] fell was Incorporated onto the balcony between 1968 and 1970, The 42 Inch height requirement of the Pennsylvania Code did not become effective until 1984. Trial Court Opinion, 7/15/99, at 1-4, Appellees filed a motion for summary judgment on September 14, 1998, Appellant filed a response thereto on September 21, 1998, The trial court granted Appellees' motion on July 15, 1999, This appeal followed, Appellant presents the following Issue on appeal: Whether the lower court erred In granting summary judgment because of Its determination that Appellees were landlords out of possession and Its finding as a matter of law that no exceptions to the out of possession rule existed? Appellant's Brief at 5, Appellant specifically complains that whether Appellees' conduct and relationship to the property made Appellees "out of possession" landlords Is a question of fact, and the trial court erred In determining this factual question as a matter of law, Appellant's Brief at 8, Appellant also complains that the trial court erred in its determination that neither of the two claimed exceptions to the "out of possession" landlord doctrine applied, 3 ], A25019/00 The applicable standard of review Is as follows: It Is well settled that when reviewing the propriety of a trial court's order granting summary judgment, we must view the record In the light most favorable to the non-moving party and determine whether the moving party has established that there exists no genuine Issue of material fact and that It Is therefore entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Skipworth v. Lead Industries Assoc" 547 Pa, 224, 230, 690 A,2d 169, 171 (1997), The non- moving party Is entitled to all reasonable Inferences. Any doubts as to the existence of a factual dispute must be resolved In the non-moving party's favor and summary judgment Is appropriate only In the clearest of cases, Kingston Coal Co. v. Felton Mining Co., Inc., 690 A,2d 284, 287 (Pa. Super, 1997), Roman Mosaic Be Tile Co. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 704 A.2d 665, 668 (Pa, Super, 1997), In summary judgment proceedings, the court's function Is not to determine the facts but only to determine If a material Issue of fact exists, Kelly v. Ickes, 629 A,2d 1002, 1004 (Pa, Super. 1993), We will reverse only If the trial court committed an error of law or committed a manifest abuse of discretion, Id. Appellant first complains that the trial court erred In entering summary judgment as a matter of law because whether Appellees are "out of possession" landlords is a question of fact.l Appellant relies upon Pratt v. Scott Enterprises, Inc., 218 A,2d 795 (Pa. 1966) and Toth v. Philadelphia, 247 A,2d 629 (Pa. Super, 1968) In support of her position, 1 Con\rary to Appellant's assertion, case law exists in this Commonwealth deciding these precise Issues as a matter of law, See Diffenderfer v. Staffer, 722 A,2d 1103, 1109 (Pa, Super, 1998) (finding as a matter of law that landlord was out of possession), 4 ), A25019/00 In Pratt, the plaintiff was Injured when he fell through the first floor Into the basement of a warehouse while operating a tow motor, Plaintiff brought suit against Scott Enterprises, the warehouse owner, and Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company, a tenant on the first floor, In Pratt, there was no dispute that Scott Enterprises had exclusive possession of the basement and that the building was otherwise lea~ed to multiple tenants. Because Scott Enterprises had exclusive possession of the basement, and remained In possession and control of the building, a jury determined Scott was liable for plaintiff's Injuries, Pratt Is distinguishable In the Instant case. Here, the trial court found, and the record reveals, that Appellees were not In possession or control of the premises, Trial Court Opinion, 7/15/99, at 5, Pratt Involved a party that had exclusive possession and control of the premises, In Toth, the plaintiff sustained Injuries resulting from a fall on the sidewalk In front of the premises owned by Harry Hollander, Hollander asserted the defense of an "out of possession" landlord and moved for summary judgment. Hollander attached a copy of the lease Indicating the premises were leased to Pedro and Cruz Cumba, The motion for summary judgment with the attached lease, however, was unverified. Questions of fact, thus, existed as to the validity of the lease and whether the defects In the sidewalk appeared before or after the leasing, The existence of these 5 J. A25019/00 Issues of material fact precluded the granting of the summary judgment motion. Toth, too, can be distinguished, In the Instant case, there Is no question concerning the validity of the lease or the exlstencu of the railing prior to the leasing. Upon review of the record, no factual Issues exist concerning whether Appellees were "out of possession" landlords, The Issue becomes whether the undl!iputed facts permit the legal conclusion that Appellees were "out of possession" landlords, Appellant has failed to demonstrate that the trial court erred In determining summary Judgment on the basis of Its legal determination, Appellant's claim falls. Appellant next complains that the trial court erred In not applying two exceptions to the "out of possession" landlord doctrine, As a general rule, an "out of possession" landlord Is not liable for Injuries sustained by persons on his or her property unless the landlord has retained the right to control the portion of the premises on which the Injury occurred, Forgang v. Universal Gym Company, 621 A,2d 601, 603 (pa. Super, 1993). Moreover, a landlord who retains control Is only liable If, by the exercise of reasonable care, the landlord could have discovered the condition and risk Involved and made It safe, Id. An "out of possession" landlord is not liable for bodily harm caused to the lessee, or others on the property with the consent of the lessee, by any dangerous condition which existed at the time if 6 ], A25019/00 Dorsey v. Continental Associates, 591 A,2d 716 (Pa, Super, 1991), appeal denied, 612 A,2d 985 (Pa, 1992), Finally, we set out the general liability principles of an "out of possession" landlord for the Injuries received by a tenant on the premises: (a) In the absence of any provision In the lease, a landlord Is under no obligation to repair the leased premises, to see to It that they are fit for rental or to keep the premises In repair, , ,; (2) a tenant takes the premises as he finds them and the landlord Is not liable for existing defects of which the tenant knows or can ascertain by a reasonable Inspection, , ,; (3) a landlord out of possession, however, may be liable (a) where he conceals a dangerous condition of which he has knowledge and cannot be expected to discover and (b) where he knows or should know of a dangerous condition and leases the premises for a purpose Involving a "public use" and has reason to believe the tenant will not first correct the condition. . ,; (4) a landlord of a multi-tenanted building, reserving control of the common approaches, such as sidewalks, passageways, etc" or parts of the building common to all tenants, such as the roof and walls, Is bound to keep such approaches and parts reasonably. safe for the use of tenants and their invitees and a landlord becomes liable where he either had actual notice of a defective condition therein or was chargeable with constructive notice, because had he exercised reasonable Inspection he would have become aware of It , , , , Felton by Felton v. Spratley, 640 A,2d 1358, 1361 (Pa, Super. 1994), Appellant specifically complains that the trial court erred In not utilizing the exceptions that: 1) Appellees reserved control over the defective portion of the premises; and 2) Appellees had knowledge of a dangerous condition existing on the premises, 8 ), A25019/00 Appellant first complains that Appellees retained control over the leased premises by virtue of a right of re-entry clause contained In the residential lease. The "retained control" exception Is limited; It operates where the Injury Is caused by or occurs In a portion of the property which the landlord, rather than the tenant, controls, Henze v. Texaco, Inc., 508 A.2d 1200, 1203 (Pa, Super. 1986), This Court has stated: Reservation by lessor of the right to re-enter upon leased premises for various purposes and to makE! repairs or alterations, If he shall elect to do so, Implies no reservation of control over the premises which will render him chargeable with their maintenance and repair. Moreover, the fact that the landlord makes repairs does not Impose on him the duty to keep the premises In repair, or liability for damages or Injury caused by failure to keep the premises in repair, Henze, 508 A,2d at 1203, The record reveals that Charles Morris testified that the wrought Iron railing on the tenant's balcony was put in 1968, Morris Deposition Transcript, 5/12/98, at 11. Morris was never advised of any complaint about the height or condition of the railing, Id. at 16, 20-21. Morris stated that the tenants would contact Melanie Klein, the property manager, if they had a problem or complaint or needed something fixed or repaired. Id. at 15. Melanie Klein testified that the porch was part of the leased premises, Klein Deposition Transcript, 5/12/98, at 15, Klein never received any complaints from the tenant at the apartment in question. Id. at 17, Upon review, the record fails to reveal any evidence that Appellees reserved 9 J, 1\25019/00 control over the balcony or the railing at the leased premises at the time of Appellant's Incident. Appellant's claim falls, Appellant next complains that Appellees failed to disclose to the lessee a condition that Involved unreasonable risk of physical Injury to persons on the property. This exception applies only to "hidden" defects which are defects known to the landlord about the property but not known to the lessee, and could not have been known to the lessee, Dorsey, 591 A.2d at 719, The record reveals that Appellant had been on the balcony on several occasions prior to the date of the Incident. In question, Rosenberg Deposition Transcript, 5/12/98, at 15, Plaintiff was at tenant's apartment almost dally, Id. at 12-13, Neither tenant nor Appellant ever registered any complaints with Appellees concerning the height or condition of the railing, Morris Deposition Transcript, 5/12/98, at 40, The record also falls to reveal that. Appellees concealed or failed to disclose to the tenant that any condition that Involved an unreasonable risk of physical harm to persons on the property existed, As no hidden defect existed, no exception to the general rule precluding landlord liability applies, Dorsey, 591 A,2d at 719, APpellant's claim falls, Accordingly, on the basis of the foregoing, we affirm the trial court's grant of summary judgmellt In favor of Appellees. Order affirmed, 10