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Home My WebLink About03-0901JOSHUA D. and JOANNE LOCK, Plaintiffs VS. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK and MISTI FITZPATRICK, 343 Walnut Street Lemoyne, PA 17043 Defendants :IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS :CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA :NO. NOTICE YOU HAVE BEEN SUED IN COURT. If you wish to defend against the claims set forth in the following pages, you must take action within twenty (20) days aider this Complaint and Notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by attorney and filing in writing with the Court your defenses or objections to the claims set forth against you. You are warned that if you fail to do so the case may proceed without you and a judgment may be entered against you by the Court without further notice for any money claimed in the Complaint/Answer, New Matter and Counterclaim or for any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff You may lose money or property or other rights important to you. YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS PAPER TO YOUR LAWYER AT ONCE· IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A LAWYER OR CANNOT AFFORD ONE, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW TO FIND OUT WHERE YOU CAN GET LEGAL HELP. CUMBERLAND COUNTY LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE Cumberland County Bar Association 2 Liberty Avenue Carlisle, PA 17013 Telephone: (717) 249-3166 NOTICIA Le hah demandado a usted en la corte. Si usted quiere defenderse de estas demandas expuestas en las paginas siguientes, usted tiene viente (20) dias de plazo al partir de la fecha de la demanda y la notificacion. Usted debe presentar una apariencia escrita o en persona o pot abogado y archivar en la corte en forma escrita sus defensas o sus objectiones a las demandas en contra de su persona. Sea adisado que si usted no se defiende, la sin previo aviso o notificacion y pot cualquier quja o puede perder dinero o sus propiedades o otros derechos importantes para usted. LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABOGADO IMMEDIATAMENTE. SI NO TIENE ABOGADO O SI NO TIENE EL DINERO SUFICIENTE DE PAGAR TAL SERVICIO, VAYA EN PERSONA O LLAME POR TELEFONO A LA OFICINA CUYA DIRECCION SE ENCUENTRA ESCRITA ABAJO PARA AVERIGUAR DONDE SE PUEDE CONSEGUIR ASISTENCIA LEGAL. CUMBERLAND COUNTY LAWYER REFERRAL SERVICE Cumberland County Bar Association 2 Liberty Avenue Carlisle, PA 17013 Telephone: (717) 249-3166 JOSHUA D. and JOANNE LOCK, Plaintiffs VS. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK and MISTI FITZPATRICK, Defendants :IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS :CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA COMPLAINT Plaintiffs Joshua and Joanne Lock, husband and wife, reside at 37 Hillcrest Road, Wormleysburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Defendants Michael and Misti Fitzpatrick, father and daughter, reside at 343 Walnut Street, Lemoyne, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17043. Plaintiffs are the owners ora 2002 Jeep Cherokee. Defendant Michael Fitzpatrick is the owner of a 1990 Mercury automobile bearing vehicle identification number 1MECM5GU8LG627914. At or about 3:05 p.m. on December 19, 2002, Plaintiffs' aforesaid motor vehicle was being operated by their daughter, Sarah, in the vicinity of Defendants' home. At that time and place, Defendant Misti Fitzpatrick was exiting the driveway of her family home in Defendants' aforesaid vehicle. Defendant Misti Fitzpatrick entered the roadway on which Plaintiff's car was being lawfully operated and, as a result of the negligent operation of her father's automobile in, inter alia, failing to yield to a vehicle with the right of way and failing to assure that no vehicles were approaching as she entered a roadway, caused a collision with Plaintiffs' aforesaid vehicle. Although Defendant Misti Fitzpatrick and another member of her family acknowledged responsibility for the aforesaid collision at the time it occurred to the two passengers in Plaintiffs' vehicle, Defendants now eschew fault for the collision. 8. As a result of Defendant's negligence and the aforesaid collision which it caused, Plaintiffs' vehicle sustained damages in an amount currently estimated to be $4,055.12. See Exhibit "A" attached hereto. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray Your Honorable Court to enter judgement in their favor and against Defendants in the amount of' $4,055.12, which amount does not exceed the compulsory arbitration level of Cumberland County or such other amount as may be proved in a trial of' this matter. Dated: February 26, 2002 SL~MITTED, D~ESQUIRE VERIFICATION I, JOSHUA D. LOCK, hereby acknowledge that I am a Plaintiff'in this action; that I have read the foregoing Complaint and that the facts stated therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I understand that any false statements herein are made subject to penalties of 18 Pa. C. S. Section 4904, relating to unswom falsification to authorities. JOSH m:\home\bqa\litigat\statefrm\fitzpatrick\entryofappearance.wpd Draft #1 April 3, 2003 Brigid Q. Alford, Esquire Supreme Court I.D.//38590 Jeffi'ey E. Piccola, Esquire Supreme Court I.D. #18018 BOSWELL, TINTNER, PICCOLA & WICKERSHAM 315 North Front Street Post Office Box 741 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-0741 Attorneys for Defendants Michael Fitzpatrick and Misti Fitzpatrick JOSHUA D. LOCK and JOANNE LOCK, Plaintiffs V. MICHAEL FITZPATRICK and MISTI FITZPATRICK, Defendants IN THE COURT OF COMI~ON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA No. 03-901 PRAECIPE FOR ENTRY OF APPEARANCE Kindly enter the appearances ofBrigid Q. Alford, Esquire and Boswell, Tintner, Piccola & Wickersham on behalf of Defendants Michael Fitzpatrick and Misti Fitzpatrick. Respectfully submitted, By: Supreme Court I.D. #38590 BOSWELL, TINTNER, PICCOLA & WlCKERSHAM 315 North Front Street Post Office Box 741 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17108-0741 Attorneys for Defendants Michael Fitzpatrick and Misti Fitzpatrick Date: _CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I do hereby certify that I have served a true and correct copy of the foregoir~g Praecipe for Entry of Appearance by placing the same in the United States Mail, first class, postage prepaid, at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, addressed as follows: Joshua D. Lock, Esquire 320-E Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17101 Date: By:_ SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR CASE NO: 2003-00901 P COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND LOCK JOSHUA D ET AL VS FITZPATRICK MICHAEL ET AL HAROLD WEARY , Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE was served upon FITZPATRICK MICHAEL the DEFENDANT , at 1637:00 HOURS, on the 21st day of March , 2003 at 343 WALTON STREET LEMOYNE, PA 17043 by handing to MICHAEL FITZPATRICK a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT & NOTICE together with and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: Docketing Service Affidavit Surcharge 18 00 11 04 00 10 00 00 39 04 Sworn and Subscribed to before me this ~ ~ day of Om~f} ~0~ A.D. ~ronnonot a~Y So Answers: R. Thomas Kline 03/24/2003 JOSHUA LOCK Deputy Sh~i SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR CASE NO: 2003-00901 P COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND LOCK JOSHUA D ET AL VS FITZPATRICK MICHAEL ET AL HAROLD WEARY , Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE was served upon FITZPATRICK MISTI the DEFENDANT , at 1637:00 HOURS, on the 21st day of March , 2003 at 343 WALNUT STREET LEMOYNE, PA 17043 by handing to MICHAEL FITZPATRICK, FATHER a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT & NOTICE together with and at the same time directing His attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: Docketing Service Affidavit Surcharge 6 00 00 00 10 00 00 16 00 Sworn and Subscribed to before me this ~- day of ~ ~2~ A.D. / ~rothonotary So Answers: R. Thomas Kline 03/24/2003 JOSHUA LOCK By: D ep~/y~' ~/he r~i~f~ JOSHUA D. and JQANNE LOCK, ~ Plaintiffs VS. MICHAEL FITZPAq MISTI FITZPATRI£ TO THE PROTHOI Please mark Date: ,ola,q 10 101783,1 'RICK and K, Defendants : IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS : CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : : NO. 2003-901 : PRAECIPE OTARY: the above-captioned matter as settled and discontinued. Respe~ // ~_~O _~trl~et Street ~'~'(O~f~8A 17108-1268 (717) 234-4161 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I am this day serving a copy of the foregoing document upon the person(s) and i: requirements of thc Service by Brigid Q. BOSWELL 315 N. Fro~ Harrisburg, Date: the manner indicated below. The manner of service satisfies the Pa.R.Crim.P. 575: rst class mail addressed as follows: ford, Equire TITNER, PICCOLA & WICKERSHAM tt Street PA 17101 By ~ Street P.Kk.~Z1268 HarriSburg, PA 171o8-1268 (717)~