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Home My WebLink About07-1414P. FRANK M. GIANUSSO and IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NORINE GIANUSSO, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Plaintiffs NO. /401 L S4 1. V. CIVIL DIVISION - LAW BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Defendant NOTICE TO DEFEND 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 after 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 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 MAY GET LEGAL HELP. CUMBERLAND COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION 32 S. BEDFORD STREET CARLISLE, PA 17013 (800) 990-9108 A- NOTICIA LE HAN 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 por abogado y archivar en la corte en forma escrita sus defensas o sus objeciones a las demandas en contra de su persona. Sea avisado que si usted no se defiende, la corte tomara medidas y puede entrar una orden contra usted sin previo aviso o notificacion y por cualquier queja o alivio que es pedido en la peticion de demanda. Usted puede perder dinero o sus propiedades o otros derechos importantes para usted. LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABODAGO INMEDIATAMENTE. 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 BAR ASSOCIATION 32 S. BEDFORD STREET CARLISLE, PA 17013 (800) 990-9108 FRANK M. GIANUSSO and IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NORINE GIANUSSO, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA Plaintiffs NO. 1414 v. lug 4 CIVIL DIVISION - LAW BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, : Defendant COMPLAINT 1. The Plaintiffs are adult individuals, husband and wife, who at all times relevant hereto owned and lived at the property known as 826 Gobin Drive, Carlisle, Pennsylvania 17013. 2. The Defendant is a municipal subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania having its principal offices located at 53 W. South Street, Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 3. The facts and occurrences hereinafter related took place on or about October 28, 2005. 4. At the time and place aforesaid, Defendant owned and operated a municipal water service that supplied the water to the Plaintiffs' property. 5. Sometime prior to October 28, 2005, the Defendant through its employees had been working on the water line outside of Plaintiffs' home. 6. On or about October 28, 2005, the Defendant did not bleed the water lines of air before turning the supply back on, and due to an excessive amount of pressure, the water was pushed through the line into the Plaintiffs' home and it blew out 10- the packing nuts and stripped the threads on Plaintiffs' shut off valves resulting in damage to the Plaintiffs' property as hereinafter set forth. 7. The aforesaid damages were caused by the negligence of the Defendant acting through its employee in that: a) Defendant failed to properly bleed the water lines of air before turning the water supply back on; b) Defendant failed to give Plaintiffs notice of its intention to turn the water lines back on; and c) Defendant turned the water back on at an excessive rate of water pressure. 8. Solely as a result of Defendant's negligence, Plaintiffs sustained damages in the amount of TWO THOUSAND and 00/100 ($2,000.00) DOLLARS. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs demand judgment against the Defendant in an amount not in excess of mandatory arbitration limits. Respectfully submitted, WIX, WENGER & WEIDNER Bye Richard H. Wix, Esq., ID #07274 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 4705 Duke Street Harrisburg, PA 17109-3099 (717) 652-8455 Dated: 2 ... I, Frank Gianusso, have read the foregoing Complaint, which has been drafted by my counsel. The factual statements and/or denials contained therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information and belief. I are authorized to make this verification. This verification is made only as to the factual averments contained therein and not to legal conclusions and averments authorized by counsel in his capacity as attorney for the party or parties hereto. This verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 PA. C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification to authorities, which provides that if I knowingly made false averments, I may be subject to criminal penalties. Date: Frank Gianu 0. ro y ,-_A Ci3 C=) W tiJ -i7 .1? SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR CASE NO: 2007-01414 P COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA: COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND GIANUSSO FRANK M ET AL VS CARLISLE BOROUGH OF RICHARD SMITH , Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of Cumberland County,Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law, says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE CARLISLE BOROUGH OF was served upon the DEFENDANT at 1613:00 HOURS, on the 19th day of March 2007 at 53 W SOUTH STREET CARLISLE, PA 17013 by handing to SUSAN ARMSTRONG, SECRETARY ADULT IN CHARGE a true and attested copy of COMPLAINT & NOTICE together with and at the same time directing Her attention to the contents thereof. Sheriff's Costs: So Answers: Docketing 18.00 ,J Service 4.80 %%? Postage . 39 ?l Surcharge 10.00 R. Thomas Kline 00 33.19 03/20/2007 asloh WIX WENGER WEIDN Sworn and Subscibed to 3I By: before me this day C p ty Sheriff of A.D. FRANK M. GIANUSSO and NORINE GIANUSSO, Plaintiffs V. BOROUGH OF CARLISLE, Defendant TO THE PROTHONOTARY: IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA : NO. 07-1414 Civil Term : CIVIL DIVISION - LAW PRAECIPE Please mark the above-captioned matter as settled and discontinued. Respectfully submitted, WIX, WENGER & WEIDNER By ('ZC,? k , Richard H. Wix, Esq., ID #07274 Attorneys for Plaintiffs 4705 Duke Street Harrisburg, PA 17109-3099 (717) 652-8455 Dated: 8/6/07 N 0 ? Q sf G--) Fri (?J ,?,r• -,o M N N ?