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IN Rr~: MARTI'IA I. WOGAN, :
~egal G~lIIrdlan of AMANDA :
Flsl-H=R, a Minor,
Petitioner
IN 1'1-11: OOURT OF oOMMoN PI.I:AS
oUMfll:m.ANP OOUNTY, PI:NNsYI.VANIA
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Martha I. Wogan, Pe\ltloner herell1, us leual (Juarcllul111f Amanda Fisher, a minor, herellY
fIIas \hls petl\lol1 for Approval of Minor Bettlement anclln s~lpport thereof avers as follows:
1. The patllloner herein Is Martha I, WO(Jan, natural (Jranclparenl andle(Jal ouardlan
of Amanda Fisher, a minor, who ourren\ly resides at 414 Norlhl3edford Slree\, Oarllsle, PA
17013.
2, The minor, Amanda Fisher, Is ourrently 17 years old, havln(J been born on
.January 3, 1002, Amanda Fisher ourrenlly reslcles wlthl1er granclpllren\s and legal Olllll'cllans,
Martl1a Wogan and Fred Wogan 11\ 414 Nortl1l3edfordBtreat, Oarllsle, PA 17013,
3, On Mllrol1 13, 190tJ, minor Amancla Fisher was a passBnoer In a vehlole owned
by Thomas R, Maol\ey, Jr., of 440 Ponderosa r~oad, Oarllsle, PA 17013 andbelno driven by
Glenwood Brown, Jr, of 162 West Washington Stree\, 2"<1 Floor, l'lagerstown, MD 21740.
4, On said dllte, Glenwood I3rown, Jr. was prooeecllnllln a nortl1bouncl dlreo\lon on
Wolfe's Bridge Road near the Interseotlon wllh 1-1111 Drive In MlddlLlsex Township, Cumberland
County, pennsylvania, when, for unl<l1own reasons, he lost oontrol of the vehlole, slddclln9
approximatelY 105 feel Into lln embanl\menl on Ihe west side of Wolfe'S Bridge ROlld,
6, The vehlole belno operated by Glenwood Brown, Jr, was a 1090 Ohevrolet
Cavalier with a reglslratlon plale No, ElNN4177, Vehlole Idenllfloa\lon No. 61722525001MA.
6. As a reoult of Ihls one vehicle aooldent. minor Amanda Fisher sustained a olosed
head Injury andlaoera\lon to her faoe. Bhe treateel with Ihe Oarllsle Hospital between Maroh13,
1900 and Maroh 20, 1990. On July 9, 1000, minor Amanda Fisher followed up with the
Pennsylvania Neurologloal Assoolates, LId. clua to ongoing oomplalnts of headaohes. AIl1l1l1da
Fisher's neurologloal examlnallon appeared normal, although she may have suffered a mild
post.traumatlo head Injury syndrome as related by her headaohes, Bhe was dlsoharged frol11
the Pennsylvania Neurologloal Aosoolates follOWing this treatment and doos not antlolpate any
further troatment In the future.
7, ' Allmedloal bills 10 date have been paid 10 Iha best of Pelltloner's l\I1owledge.
0, On the ,late of the I1Qpldellt, the vehlple belno driven by Glllnwopd flrown, Jr,
WIlS Insured under I1nl1\llomoblle II11l11lllY polloy Issuet! by !:irle Ins~tranpe 8xoh<1noe bll<1rlno 11
POllpy No, QO~1-604764H,
0, To sellle this oase, the perlles 1111ve I1greed to <1 $16,000 parll<1l1y struoturecl
selllemant whlph would Ile pl1Yl1ble to Aml1nd<1 Fisher <1S follows: $6,000 oash now and
$'10,000 In slruolme to be paid I1S follows: $;1,000 I1t Armmcla FlslHlr's aoe 10; $4,000 I1t
Aml1ncla Flsher'a <1fle ;11; and $7,000 l11 Amanda Fisher's [loe ;16. In exohange for Ihls
p"yment, M<1rth<1 I. Wogl1n, as naturl1l gr<1ndparent ami 1130<11 guurdlan of Amanda Flaher, l1nd
Aml1ncla Fisher have agreed to exePllte a I~elease of All Clalrl1s, a oopy of whloh Is atlaohecl
hereto I1S 8xhlbll "A",
10, Petllloner herein believes thl1ltha settlement enumeratllCl In this '~ellllon Is fair
and eq~llIable I1lld In the best Interests of the minor, The Patllloner Is ul1repreaentecl. However,
pelllloner unders\l:mds Ilnd Wlllves his rloht to obtain oO~lnsal 10 advise him reg<1rdlng the
approprlaleness of this settlement. (Atlllohed hereto IlB r:xhlbll "13" Is a letter oonflrmlng the
same exeouted by Martha I. Wogan,)
11, Erie Insuranpe Exohange has offered to pay the sums aet out In this Pellllon
toward un I1mlpable resolullon of the olalms In exohanue for Court approval and 0 Relel1lle of all
olalms, Erie Insllranpe Exohange will also pay all Oourt oosts and leoal fees Inourred with
respepl to the Instant Petition for Court Approval of this Il1lnor settlel11ent.
WHI=REFORE, pelltloner respeotfully requests that this Honorable Courl enter an Order
aprrovlno the foregoing OOll1proll1lsed settlel11ent dlroptlng tho dlslrlbullon of prooeeds thereof
as Bet forth I1bove and aulhcrlzlno the Petllloner, upon paYl11ent of tho aforeBalcl BUIl1S, to
dlsoontlnue the acllon brought and to exooute 11 Full and Final Release as atlailhed herato,
By:
Raspectfully sUbmllled,
THOMAS, THOMAS & HArER, LLI'
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J9 1 M. Popllock, squire
/Altorney 1.0, No,: 7;1071
305 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA 17100
(717) ;155.70;10
Dated:
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OI:NF.I~AL m::I.I~A81:: ANP sl::TT\.I:M~NT ^GRg~MI:NT
For II H) (lCJllIlltlullItloll nu cHltllllocllll3low Wlllchls horoby Aol<noWled[]ed Ell"ld Also
for flllllln IInl\l1owlml(Jul11ollt, MA'HI-'A I. WOGAN, l.egElI OW'!rcllAn of AMANIJA
IJllllll:I~, II MillO(, 1'O1011110 nnd dlsollllr[]e, nncl for Olll' heirs, ropresontAtlves,
IIKIIl1ll!olu, IIdl11llllulrntnrll, SllonollSorll und uSlllons, do l1ereby rernlllo, raleallo
Illld hlll1Vur (lI11nIH"llo '!lIOMAS R, MACI<I':Y, .m" horelnafter roferred to AS tho
1OIIIIllllIlI(Il), 111u I1nlrll, oxooulors, mll11lnllltmlors, Insurers, suocessors And
1l1111IIlIlU, lllld /IllY lllld 1111 otl1er porsons, flrl11s, corpcrutlons, associations, of Elnd
1111111 llllY 1111(1 nil nlllluOll of ncllon, suits, jud[]l11onls, olall11s find clel11unds of
whlllunnVlllllllld, Illluw or In equity, Imown and unlmown, wl1lch wo now have or
IlIlIY I\OIullllur 11IlVn, find/or whloh 1110 minor AMANDA FISH~R now l1us or I11AY
hnlllllllllr IHIVU, onpoolullY tile olull11ed le[]alllubllllY of releElseo(S), which liAbility
lnltlllllllll(ll) nxplnullly clol'llos, urlslng froln or by renson of Any und all bodilY or
pllllllllllll IIl!wy IIlld/or propElrlY clAmugo Imown und llllllnOwn, foreseen and
IlIIllllUUllUIl whlnhllOrotofore hasllmve been or whloh hereAfter l11uy be sustained
hy IIU III thl! mlllor nforomontloned arising Ollt of tho aocldent on or about Mmch
I :\, 'I nnn ul or nour tho Intorsoctlon of Wolfe's Bridge ROAd und HIli Drive In
Mhldlouox Township, Cumberlnnd Counly, In the StAte of Pennsylvania In wl1lch
Iho I11lnor IIfol'Ol11ontlonod sllstalned personallnjurlos unci/or properly damage,
Wll 11{JlOfJ Ihul tl10 consideration set forth below Is speolflcallY nppllcable 10 and
pllld to Ull with reSpollt to any and ull dflll~Ago to Any property, eltl10r reol or
porllonlll, of ours or tho minor aforem8ntloned, oncl with respect to nny and nil
Ilolllol1ul or bodily Injury of ours or tl10 minor aforementioned, whelher presently
II10Wl1 or unllnown, foresoon or unforeseen or whloh I11ny subsequently develop
nnrl tho oonllllqllonoos thereol, all os mlslng fromlha aforementioned Elccldent.
Wo fll/thor U{JrClO Ihllt the consldomtlon sot forth below Is spoclfloally applicable to
nnd puld to Ufl with rOflpect 10 uny right of Contrlbllllon Ihul we or the minor
IIfol'OnlOntlollod mny l10ve ugalnsl the releasao(s), his heirs, executors,
IIdmlnllltrntorll, Il1llLlrorn, succossors and assigns rolallve 10 claims of others Ihul
mny ho h!oLl{Jht nnnlnst us or the minor aforementioned by rooson of sold
nooldlllll.
Wo hl/lho! nnmo Ihnt Iho consldoratlon sol forth below Is speclflcully Elppllcable 10
0111' n{]roomllnt thllt WI) or tl10 minor nforel11entlonacl wlllnol Join nor attompt to Join
Iho /OIOUllOll(S), hill eKllcutors, I1dl11lnlslrl110rs, Insurers, Sllcceflsors and assigns In
nllY Ollplllllty, In nny uotlon tlml l1'Iuy be brcught ngalnst us or tho minor
nrolOl1lolltlonod l1I'lslng OLlI of suld occident.
In conslclorntloll of the bolow paymont, we for ollrselvos and our heirs,
Illproeontnllvos, executol'll, admlnlstrntors, succosscrs, and asslgne do heroby:
(1) numo to Indomnlfy c1l1d hold forever hormlolls Iho reloasoe(s) nl1d his
ropreeonlatlv8s, Insurers, achnlnlstrntors, or nsslgns, o~llllnBt loss from l1ny
ElI1d <111 further olEllms, demElncls or Elollons thElt Im1Y herenfter be made Elt anY
time or bro~lgllt Elgulnst the rele<1see(s) hy ~IS or the minor aforementioned, or
bY anyone In our behalf for the purpose of enforolng a fllrther c.lalm, for whloll
this rele<1se Is given;
(2) warrant IIlat we hlwe reoelved no money or other v<1I~IE1I)le oonslderqtlon fron'
any other person or persons by reElSOn of any oEluses of Elotlon, suits,
OovenElntEl, <1greel11ents, judgments, olalms and demElnds of whEltsoever lelnd,
wlllall we now have or m<1Y here<1fter hElve, for 1i1]Lllles to person or property
mlsln\l o~ltlJf the Elforemenlloned aooldent or for the other mntters for whloh
this release Is given.
We ~lI1derstF.1nd IIlat In oonslderallon for this release and the exeollllon of a
Plreotlon of Payments form for r:rle FElmlly Life, I::rle InsLlranoe Company anelloI'
Erie Ins~lranoe ExollUnge agrees to malee the following pa'/ments: Erie II1SllrElnoe
Exohange Is hereby cllreoted to PIlY II $15,000,00 parllally etl'lIotured
settlement whloh woulel be payable to Amanda Fisher ae followe: $6,000,00
cash now IInd $10,000,00 In struotme to ho paid as follows: $2,000,00 <1t
Amanda Flshor's ago 101 $4,000,00 at Amanda Fie her's IIgo 211 and
$7,009,00 at Amanela Fisher's ago 25,
We llnderstand that In the event of death of AMANDA FISHER prior to the date
speolfied for the last guaranteed payment, the balanoe of Elny guaranteed
payments shall oontlnue to be paid on the same bush; as Olltllned ubove, to the
Estate of Amanda Fisher.
We further understand and agree thllt with the exoeptlon of any oonslderallon that may
be payable upon Elpproval of this Agreement as prOVided above, lll1 futllre payments
here~lnder will be funded by the purohase of on annuity from Erie Family LIfe InsurElnOe
Company, whloh, by ItG terms will prOVide for the payment of tile above amounts. The
Releasing Party hereto shull have no legol Interest vested or oontlngent 111 suoh
Contraot.
We also understllncl that notwithstanding ony other provision of the Agreement, the
Insurer shall at ull limes remuln dlroolly responsible for the payment of all sums and
obligations oontalned In this agreement, In the event of Insolvency or l1ny other default
of the Erie Fumlly Life Insurnnoe Compnny.
We expressly uolenowledge and represent that:
(1) QUI' rights ugEllnst Insurer, Erie InslIrnnce Compuny und/or Erie Insuranoe
Exol1ange, me no greater tl1an those of u general creditor.
(2) Insurer, Erie Insurance Company unci/or Erie Insuranoe Exchange, l1as not
mmle, nor are they under a duty to mal(O funds uvallable to me/us except as
provldeu within tills aettloment ngreement nnd set forth abovo,
(:I) 1Illl\lror, I~rlo II1Burnnoe Company <JI1el/or I:rle Il1surance I:xol1Elnge, IB not
ruqlllrurllO Bot ullldo flmds for UB or to otl1erwlae BeOllre their obligation to liB,
(4)Wo hnve 110 rlgl1t 10 nocolerule, defer, IncreUBe or deorease tile ul1lOllnt of any
pnymrll1l to 1m nlElde under tl11B Aureement.
(lilWe me 110t entltlerl to oontml the Investment of allY fundB wl1lol1lnBIII'Bt, I~rle
InBUrt\nCe Company unrJ/or I:rle InS~In:1nCe l~xcllE1ngo, l1lay set aBide for Its own
hOlleflt 10 fund tl10 pUYl1lents required to be made pllrs~lant to tl11B agreement;
thut nl1Y Ul1l1lllty or oHler oontraot wl1lch way he required by tile Insurer, r:rle
Inllllranoe OOlllpl:1ny and/or r:rle Insllranoe Exol1ange, shall he and remain tile
solo proporty of the Insuror, I:rlo Ins~lrance Company andlor Erie Insurance
E:xohunge, und th<1t we shnlll1avo no ownersl1lp rights WllE1lsoever, either aot~lal
or construotlve, In any suol1 Elf1l1ulty, Inolucllng no right to ol1ange tile benetlolary
or other oontrollhereof, or any rights of n seOllred party l1ereln.
All pnyments made ~lf1der and In aCOOrdl:1l1oe wltl1 tills Release & Agreement are helng
mude on aocount of hodlly Injurlos sustained by AMANDA FISHER, Tile Releasors or
pl1yeeB under tills Relel1se & Agreement shalll1ave no rlgl1ts of control over tile periodic
payments and tl1ey sl1all not he ahle to 110celerate, defer, InoreaBo or decrease tile
periodic pElymentB, Neither Il1e pElyments 10 be made In aooordance wllh this Release
& Agreement, nor uny of the aSllels of tile defendant Elndlor ERIE me subjeot to
exeoutlon or any logal process,
SpeolflcEllly, the ReleElsor acknoWledges Ihat he or she Is Ihe certificate holder of the
Annuity Contl'l1cl referenced herein, ERIE Is the owner of the annuity. The periodic
pUYl11ants to be mude under this Releaso & Agreement cannot be aocelerated,
deferred, Inoreased or c.leoreElsed by tile Plaintiff or any Payee, Nolther the Releasor
nor any Ptwee has the power to soli, F.lsslgn, mortgage, encumber or antlolpate the
periodic payments or any part thereof In any manner whEltsoever, Any attempt by tile
RoleasDrs or uny Payee to sell, assign, anticipate, mortgage or enoumber any of Ihe
payments hereunder or any pari thel'llof shull not be recognized by EHIE.
Intending to be leglllly bound thereby, WITNESS mylour hund(s) and seal(s) this _._
day of , 1000,
WITNESS
(SEAL)
Murtha I. WogEln, Legal Guardian of
Amanda risher, a minor
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IN R~: MARTHA I. WOGAN, :
l.e9111 GUflrQllI11 of AMANDA :
FlsHgR, a Minor,
P!3t1t1on!lr
IN T"I~ QOURT OF oOMMoN P~~AS
OUMI3I:R~AND OOUNTY, PENNSYWANIA
olYII. AOTloN - I.AW
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AND NOW, thla R QIIY of ...Jll \ I' I ( , 1000, upon oonslderllUol1 of the
Petitioner's Pellllon for ApproVElI of Minor Settlement, IT IS 1-II:REI3Y OHDI:I~EP AND
DEORSI:P THAT:
'1, The setUement In fllvor of AmllnclEl Flaher, a minor, IS HERI:BY APPROYI:D:
~, Erie Insuranoe I:xohange, ElS Insurer for ResponQents ThomEls R, Maolley, Jr,
anQ Glenwood Brown, ,II'., Ie hereby dlreolflcl to pay El $16,000 partlElIlY struotured setUement
whloh would be pCWllble to Amllnda Fisher as follows: $0,000 oash now and $10,000 In
struoture to be pllld as follows: $2,000 lit Amanda Fisher's IIge 10; $4,000 at Amandll Fisher's
IIge 21: IInd $7,000 lit Amanda r:lsher's age 25.
3, PeUtloner Martha I. WogEln, as legElI guardian pf Amanda Fisher, II minor, Is
hereby dlreoted to Bxeoute the General Release anel Settlement Agreement In favor of
Respondents Thomas I~. Maolley, Jr, and Glenwoodl3rown, Jr. and Erlelnsuranofl Exohange,
their Inourer, as atlaohed 10 the Petition for Approval of Minor Setllement IlS Exhlbll "A"; and
4, The petllloner is hereby dlreoted to dlsoontlnue wllh preJudloe tile above-
oaptloned mEltler,
13Y THE OOURT:
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