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Home My WebLink About08-5933Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner By: Kelly L. Bonanno I.D. No. 200811 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 klb@jdsw.com COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiffs V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 U' Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111th Street JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Indianapolis, IN 46280 Defendants PRAECIPE TO THE PROTHONOTARY OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY: Kindly issue a Writ of Summons in the above-captioned action upon the Defendants as IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. ()k- 5-q33 cyot ` ut Attorneys for Plaintiffs CIVIL ACTION - LAW follows advising them that the Plaintiff has commenced an action against them and that they will be required to defend: PEERLESS FAUCET CO 55 E. 111 m Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111"' Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111"' Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER Date: October 3, 2008 By: 44el Iy L o anno :346531 C70 ? t ca z np;rr_ --4 cilFn {n v ` w ) ?a--1 n m A? N Commonwealth of Pennsylvania County of Cumberland WRIT OF SUMMONS Court of Common Pleas COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC 9 LANTERN LANE SHIPPENSBURG, PA 17257 Plaintiff Vs. No 08-5933 PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111TH STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111TH STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111TH STREET INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46280 In CivilAction-Law Defendant To PEERLESS FAUCETCO., DELTA FAUCET CO., AND MASCO CORP., You are hereby notified that COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. the Plaintiff(s) has / have commenced an action in Civil Action-Law against you which you are required to defend or a default judgment may be entered against you. L S1 (SEAL) Curtis R. Long, Prothonotary By Date 10-03-08 Deputy Attorney: Name: KELLY L. BANNANO Address: 301 MARKET STREET, P.O. BOX 109, LEMOYNE, PA 17043-0109 Attorney for: Plaintiff Telephone: 717-761-4540 Supreme Court ID No. 200811 s Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner By: Elizabeth D. Snover I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 eds@jdsw.com COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiff V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 t, Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 thStreet Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. Attorneys for Plaintiffs IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 08-5933 CIVIL ACTION - LAW 55 E. 111th Street JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Indianapolis, IN 46280 Defendants PRAECIPE TO ENTER AND WITHDRAW APPEARANCE Please withdraw the appearance of Kelly Bonanno, Esquire and enter the appearance of the undersigned for the Plaintiff in the above captioned matter. Respectfully submitted, Date: February 5, 2009 JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER By: Elizab D. Snover Attor y for Plaintiff e CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE AND NOW, this fday of February 2009, the undersigned does hereby certify that she did this date serve a copy of the foregoing document upon the other parties of record by causing same to be deposited in the United States Mail, first class postage prepaid, at Lemoyne, Pennsylvania, addressed as follows: Delta Faucet, Co., Masco Corp, & Pearless Faucet Co. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER By: Elizabet . Snover :357462 C"7 N ' t pc3 C Johnson, Duffie, Stewart & Weidner By: Elizabeth D. Snover I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 eds@jdsw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 08-5933 V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 CIVIL ACTION - LAW DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111th Street JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Indianapolis, IN 46280 Defendants PROOF OF SERVICE OF WRIT OF SUMMONS AND NOW, this 5th day of February, 2009, the undersigned does hereby certify that on October 8, 2008 she did serve the writ of summons in the above captioned action upon on Defendants, Pearless Faucet Co. and Delta Faucet Co. and that on October 10, 2008 she did serve the writ of summons in the above captioned action upon Defendant Masco Corp., all via certified mail return receipt requested addressed to 55 E. 111th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46280, the address for this out of state Defendants. The USPS confirmation and green cards evidencing service upon Defendants are attached hereto as Exhibit A. Respectfully submitted, JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER L By: Elizabet . Snover Attorne or Plaintiff USPS - Track & Confirm Page 1 of 1 a t 'TEDST/SM POSTAL SERVICE* Home I Help I Stan In Track & Confirm FA Qs Track & Confirm Seamh Results LabeUReceipt Number: 7007 3020 0001 1091 5048 Status: Delivered Track & Confirm Enter Label/Receipt Number. Your item was delivered at 8:35 am on October 10, 2008 in INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46240. A proof of delivery record may be available through your local Post Office for a fee. Additional information for this item is stored in files offline. Re:tote iXfitjns D#tartt r ? ? Refute fo U$KCM Name a Site May Contact Us Forms Gov't Services Jobs Privacy Policy Terms of Use National & Premier Accounts Copyright(c) 1999-2007 LISPS. All Rights Reserved. No FEAR Act EEO Data FOIA ¦ Complete items 1, 2, and 3. Also complete Item 4 If Restricted Delivery is desired. ¦ Print your name and address on the reverse so that we can return the card to you. ¦ Attach this card to the back of the mailplece, or on the front ff space permits. 1. 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AlwaWWete Item 4 If Restricted Dellmy Is dedred. ¦ Print your name and address on the reverse so that we can return the card to you. ¦ Attach this card to the hack of the maiipiece, or on the front If space permits. 1. Article Addressed to: `' Peerless Faucet Co. 55 E. 111th Street A. X ®E3 Agent ? Addressee BM W' &,w ? C. Date of Delivery D. Is delivery address different from item 1? ? Yes If YES, enter delivery address below: ? No Indianapolis, IN 46280 3. Service Type tRogisterw Certified Mail ? Express Mail ? Return Recelpt for Merchandise ? Insured Mall ? C.O.D. 4. Restricted Delivery? (Extra Fee) ? yes 2. AetldeNumber 7007 3020 QOQ1 1091 5024 (fnarslbr from sWWC* Aby PS For rn 3811, Feb My 2004 Darnewc Rs4xn R.o.lpt 102595-o2-M-1540 - -- ------------ http://trkenfrm l .smi.usps.com/PTSIntemetWeb/InterLabellnquiry. do 2/5/2009 C) ^' :;': ? '' . t ?' i_, .. r.3. ?" ?^ ?P ? ?? '"??Tj .,r^ .i !`a` r ?') ...,? ..? Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner By: Elizabeth D. Snover I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 eds@jdsw.com COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiff V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 Defendants Attorneys for Plaintiffs IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 08-5933 CIVIL ACTION - LAW JURY TRIAL DEMANDED 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 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, GO TO OR TELEPHONE THE OFFICE SET FORTH BELOW. THIS OFFICE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT HIRING A LAWYER. IF YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO HIRE A LAWYER, THIS OFFICE MAY BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU WITH INFORMATION ABOUT AGENCIES THAT MAY OFFER LEGAL SERVICES TO ELIGIBLE PERSONS AT A REDUCED FEE OR NO FEE. Cumberland County Bar Association 32 S. Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 (800) 990-9106 (717) 249-3166 AVISO LISTED HA SIDO DEMANDADO/A EN CORTE. Si ust ed desea defenderse de las demandas que se presentan mas adelante en las siguientes paginas, debe tomar accion dentro de los proximos veinte (20) dias despues de la notificacion de esta Demanda y Aviso radicando personalmente o por medio de un abogado una comparecencia escrita y radicando en la Corte por escrito sus defensas de, y objecciones a, las demandas presentadas aqui en contra suya. Se le advierte de que si usted falla de tomar accion como se describe anteriormente, el caso puede proceder sin usted y un fallo por cualquier suma de dinero reclamada en la demanda o cualquier otra reclamacion o remedio solicitado por el demandante puede ser dictado en contra suya por la Corte sin mfis aviso adicional. Usted puede perder dinero o propiedad u otros derechos importantes para usted. USTED DEBE LLEVAR ESTE DOCUMENTO A SU ABOGADO INMEDIATAMENTE. SI USTED NO TIENE UN ABOGADO, LLAME O VAYA A LA SIGUIENTE OFICINA. ESTA OFICINA PUEDE PROVEERLE INFORMACION A CERCA DE COMO CONSEGUIR UN ABOGADO.SI USTED NO PUEDE PAGAR POR LOS SERVICIOS DE UN ABOGADO, ES POSIBLE QUE ESTA OFICINA LE PUEDA PROVEER INFORMACION SOBRE AGENCIAS QUE OFREZCAN SERVICIOS LEGALES SIN CARGO O BAJO COSTO A PERSONAS QUE CUALIFICAN. Cumberland County Bar Association 32 S. Bedford Street Carlisle, PA 17013 (800) 990-9106 Johnson, Duffle, Stewart & Weidner By: Elizabeth D. Snover I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 eds@jdsw.com Attorneys for Plaintiffs COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiff IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 08-5933 V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 CIVIL ACTION - LAW DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55 E. 111th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 JURY TRIAL DEMANDED Defendants COMPLAINT AND NOW, comes the Plaintiff, Countryside Village Homes, Inc., and files this Complaint by alleging as follows: 1. Plaintiff, Countryside Village Homes, Inc. is a Pennsylvania corporation with a principal place of business located at 9 Lantern Lane, Shippensburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania 17257. 2. Erie Insurance Exchange, is a Pennsylvania insurance company located at 100 Erie Insurance Place, Erie, PA 16530. 2. This action is a subrogation action brought by the Plaintiff to recover for damages caused by the Defendants and for which Erie Insurance Exchange has made payment to the Plaintiff in accordance with a policy of insurance. 3. At all times relevant hereto, Countryside Village Homes, Inc. was insured by a policy through Erie Insurance Exchange. 4. Defendants, Peerless Faucet Co., Masco Corp. and Delta Faucet Co., are believed to be an Indiana corporation with a principle place of business located at 55 E. 111th Street, Indianapolis, IN 46280. 5. At all times relevant hereto, the Defendants were the manufacturer and/or distributor of a faucet marked "Peerless". 6. The Peerless faucet was installed in the first floor laundry room of a home owned by the Plaintiff which Plaintiff was readying for sale to a homebuyer. 7. On October 5, 2006, Plaintiff suffered water damage to the home when the Peerless faucet broke at the thread shank due to a manufacturing and/or design defect. 8. The broken Peerless faucet resulted in severe water damage to Plaintiff's home. 9. As Plaintiff's insurance carrier, Erie Insurance Exchange, paid for Plaintiffs losses and the repairs to the home which totaled $13,642.83. 10. Pursuant to Plaintiff's policy of insurance, Plaintiff was required to pay a $250 deductible towards those repairs, aming the total damages suffered by Plaintiff $13,892.83. 11. Erie Insurance Exchange, hired an expert, Diversified Product Inspections, to determine the cause of the Peerless faucet break and malfunction. 12. The Diversified Product Inspections (hereinafter DPI) inspector Trent Turpin and investigator Phillip J. Weis, opined that the Peerless faucet broke at the threaded shank and malfunctioned due to a defect, such as a small hole or notch, which progressed into a crack through fatigue loading caused by normal use of the faucet. 11. Specifically DPI opined that the failure of the Peerless faucet, in which a crack follows a thread is a fatigue failure of the product and is a product failure and defect. 12. At the time of the product failure, the Peerless faucet was in substantially the same condition and was unchanged from the time it left the control of the Defendants. 13. In the alternative, any changes or modifications made from the time it left the control of the Defendants were, or should have been, foreseeable to the Defendants. COUNTI STRICT LIABILITY - § 402A RESTATEMENT 2d OF TORTS COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO., MASCO CORP., AND DELTA FAUCET 14. Paragraphs 1-13 are incorporated herein as if set forth in full. 15. The product failure and damages, as described herein, resulted from the design, manufacture, assembly, sale and delivery by Defendants, which was in a defective condition at the time of its design, manufacture, assembly, sale and delivery, and was expected to reach the user, Plaintiff, without substantial change, and was delivered to Plaintiff without substantial change in the condition in which it was designed, manufactured, assembled, sold and delivered. 1 , • 16. The Peerless faucet was defective because it contained a defect which caused a crack to form on the threaded shank causing the faucet to break and send water throughout the first floor of Plaintiffs home. 17. The defect of the Peerless faucet resulted in the break along the threaded shank with only normal use by the Plaintiff. 18. The defect in the Peerless faucet were the proximate and factual cause of the water damage to Plaintiffs home. 19. The break of the Peerless faucet caused the defect resulted in water damage to Plaintiffs home. WHEREFORE, Plaintiff, Countryside Village Homes, Inc., insured by Erie Insurance Exchange, demands judgment against the Defendants in an amount of $13,892.83. Respectfully submitted, JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER By: Eliza D. Snover Attor y I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P.O. Box 109 Lemoyne, PA 17043-0109 Telephone (717) 761-4540 Date: o2-4'o Email: eds@jdsw.com VERIFICATION The undersigned says that the facts set forth in the foregoing document are true and correct. This verification is made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa. C.S.A. § 4904, relating to unsworn falsifications to authorities. COUNTRYSID ILLAGE HOMES, INC. Dated: ?? / ra n *? tJ co -.? f <. a R `sa JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER By: Elizabeth D. Snover I.D. No. 200997 301 Market Street P. O. Box 109 Lemoyne, Pennsylvania 17043-0109 (717) 761-4540 eds@jdsw.com COUNTRYSIDE VILLAGE HOMES, INC. 9 Lantern Lane Shippensburg, PA 17257 Plaintiff V. PEERLESS FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 DELTA FAUCET CO. 55 E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 MASCO CORP. 55E. 111 th Street Indianapolis, IN 46280 Defendants CIVIL ACTION - LAW JURY TRIAL DEMANDED PRAECIPE TO DISCONTINUE TO THE PROTHONOTARY: PLEASE mark the above-captioned matter settled, satisfied and discontinued with prejudice. Respectfully submitted, JOHNSON, DUFFIE, STEWART & WEIDNER By: Date: March 3, 2010 Eliz th Snover Attomey for Plaintiffs OF THE MT??()T*y 2010 MAR -4 PM 2: 31 CU(df j ' 10*?L Ojul'V1Y PENNSnU1A?t1A. Attorneys for Plaintiffs IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA NO. 08-5933