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Home My WebLink About03-06-80 (3) LAW OFFICES [!ANDIS & BL.ACK I :A.RLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA I I I I ,. ." ., , i."" r ~---' '1" " i ,i' jr. NORMAN S. OCKER, JR. and BARBARA J. OCKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD NORMAN OCKER, . DECEASED, LATE OF SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, .. IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF . CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA .' CIVIL ACTION' - LAW Plaintiffs V. . . NO. 2538 CIVIL 1978 NO. 2680 CIVIL 1978 IN TRESPASS JURY TRIAL DEMANDED ~/-78;...d.( ORDER OF CO.URT DONNIE BOSWELL, JOHN BIANCKINO, JOHN SIMMONS ,and MASON & DIXON TANK LINES, INC., Defendants. A . AND NOW, this If' . day,of February, 1980, at /O,OO,o'clock 1'/ ,M., ,upon consideration of.the within petition, the settlement of the wrongful death and survival actions filed in the above-captioned cases for the total sum of Twenty Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and 67/1QO ($26;666.67) ~s hereby approved and the Administrators of said Estate are authorized to execute any and all releases necessary. to. settle and discontinue said actions. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED AND DIRECTED that counsel fees and expenses shall be deducted from the amount allocated .tothe survival action, and the total sum of Twenty. Six Thousand Six HundredSixty~SixDollars and 67/l00 ($26,666. 67) shall be di stributed as follows.: To Norman S. Ocker, Jr. and ~~a,,1;ba!,p.> J. Ocker, Admi ni strators: ..:"~~~~~.F,or.Wrongful Death Cl\lim ..;:- -:.;\1, ForQ'Surv.i va 1 Action . '.' ~ /\ "0>To"Laffdhl1.- Black for reimbursement p {;;.... _\ <of~ the..~.tSt of suit advanced ;;' -;::,.: ~,'t(y'Lar{Ms &\'B1 all k for counse 1 fees ~':::>: /'-;-':,./'"% : <;. . TOTAL A ~ J" -..j........., ~~ : ~' ~ ~ ,~, .~~- \, ~ ': ~ .., ~A1:.8'UE'C$PY f'ROtiA RECORD. BY THE COURT, In":-T cstlt11Cny-vlne~cof/.:1 hen] unto set: my hand and~.~~I.Qf S9.id~,;;t.6t Carlisle,: Po. pJ . /J . Th:~:~::!l~;:;I~~,~rJ;:;;y:~.-.-.~_-.._::_~'""."!<sJ- ~4& ~ J2 ~ Prothonotary $ 3,141.97 14,965.50 259.20 8,300.00 $26,666.67 600K 10'7 P,iGE i~i6 . l.fAW OFFICES , LANDIS a BLACK I ARLI5!-E. PENNSYLVANIA ! I I I ''i'~ ...~ ~ ~.. .' ,. NORMAN S. OCKER, JR. and BARBARA J. OCKER, ADMINISTRATORS OF. THE ESTATE OF DONALD NORMAN OCKER,' DECEASED, LATE OF SOUTH MIDDLETON TOWNSHIP, CUMBERLAND. COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, . IN THE. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVAN IA .CIVIL ACTION- LAW Plaintiffs V. .. NO. 2538 CIVIL 1978 NO.. 2680 CIVIL 1978 DONNIE BOSWELL, JOHN BIANCKINO, JOHN SIMMONS .and MASON & DIXON TANK' .' IN TRESPASS LINES, INC., , Defendants JURY TRIAL DEMANDED PETITION FOR COURT APPROVAL TO SETTLE AND DISCONTINUE LITIGATION TO THE HONORABLE, THE JUDGES' OF SA 10. COURT: . The Petitioners, Norman S. Ocker, Jr. and BarbaraJ. Ocker, Adminis- trators of the Estate of Donald Norman Ocker, respectfully represent: 1. That they are the Administrators of the Estate of Donald Norman Ocker, Deceased, late of South Middleton Township, having been issued Letters of Administration by the Register of Wins of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania on January 13, 1978. 2. That the Decedent died as a result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident which occurred,July 10, 1977. 3. That th,iscase was pretried before your Honorable Court, at which time the facts and circumstances oT said accident were provided to the Court. 4. That at the time of his. death, the Decedent was twenty-one (21) years of age, unmarried, employed, and living with his parents at their home. The Decedent di dnot suffer consci ouspain prior to hi sdeath. 5. That the Petitioners instituted both wrongful death and survival actions against all of the above-captioned Defendants. 1.\'"" 10'7 t'i;cE, 152 ..iJ.. . , , , ;; 6. That as a result o~ the death of the Decedent, the estate in- curred funeral, burial and administrative costs in the total sum of Three Thousand One Hundred Forty-One Dollars and 97/100 ($3,.141.97). 7. Tha t counsel for. Petiti oners has' negoti ated a settl ement of both the wrongful .deathand survival actions for,the total sum'of.Twenty Six Thou- sand Six Hundred Sixty-Six Dollars and 67/100 ($26,666.67); 8. That Petitioners request the'Court to approve the settlement set forth herein and to further allocate, said amount of settlement as follows: Wrongful Death Action .Survival Action TOTAL SETTLEMENT $ 3,141.97 23,524.7Q $26,666.67. 9. That Petitioners and their counsel have agreed upon the payment of a counsel fee in the survival action in the amount of Eight Thousand Three Hun- dred Doll a rs ($8,300.00). Expenses of 1 iti ga ti on in excess of docket costs total Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars and 20/.100 ($259.20), and Petitioners request ~ourt approval to pay these fees and expenses and deduct them from the . amount allocated to the survival action. 10. That Petitioners further request the Court to authorize them to execute any and all releases necessary in order to settle and discontinue the actions refer.redto herein. 11. Petitioners are the parents of .the Decedent and the only parti es interested in the Estate of the Decedent. .WHEREFORE, pursuant to Section.3323 of the Probate, Estates and Fiduciaries Code (20 Pa. C.S.A. S3323), Petitioners pray your Honorable Court LAW OFFICES I LANDIS a: BLACK I "RLISLE:. PENNSYLVANIA to enter an Order authorizing the Petitioners to settle said actions for the Bl'~f; 10'7 i'J,CE 153 -2- I I I I' , L.AW OFFICES LANDIS & BUCK I RLISLE. PENNSYLVANIA I I I I I .- ,_ ^ ;i '_ '. . _.~ , ti-, . ".; ., , sum of Twenty Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty~Six Dollars and 67/100 ($26,666.67) plus docket costs', and to execute any and a 11 releases necessary to settl eand discontinue said actions. 'Petitioners further pray your Honorable Court to enter an Order a llocatingthe sum .of Three 'Thousand One Hundred Forty-One Dollars and 97/100 ($3,141.97)'toward, the wrongful death action and the sum of Twenty Three Thousand Five Hundred Twenty~Four Dollars and 70/100 ($23,524.70) towards the survival action,' and to approve the payment of counsel fees in the amount of Ei ghtThousand Three Hundred Dollars ($8,300.00) and expenses in the amount of Two Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars :and 20/100 ($259.20), which fees and expenses sha 11 be deducted from the amount a 11 ocated to the. survi va'l acti on. . Respectfully submitted, :1/ QA/VV</AA/\ J rJlr~Ul ~ . Norman S. Ocker, Jr. . C' ;4AL/lA (~.tO,b Barbara J. Oc er ;~ 1. 0'-,' t",':',F'i.r)'4 bCi\Jf: 'v_ , -3- II . .. , ~'''': . , .. -, . " # ~. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA) COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND. ) SS. Norman S" Ocker, Jr. and .BarbaraJ.. Ocker, Administrators of the Estate of Donald Norman Ocker, Deceased, being .duly sworn according to law, depose and say that the facts set forth. i nthe foregoing Peti ti on are true and correct to. the best of their knowledge,' information and bel ief. _:i;\\\1fiifrili,... .......':\.\ ~tH'J GO,'ijj/~_ . _fL.i.: .'T:~ ...... ~ ~ If.,. '1;_ . oI!' "'. . n u '~:l ,. :i~.' ~~\~l~f?t;;...'V~'~._ .;: 'I . .;_1'~, .<(~. ""_,~. :;: a~ '._~'.~..~~: If.~ ;:. J~'>i'~'j&:; ;- . '.,~ l!~,~' ~:':'fF -:-~o:.~ '. ~..<'tt..- ,'$ 0 ' fl'..,'\\''',- ~i ...... tro1, '"' ~ -Nt', ....- ."...... '<g;' " ',".~ ~,~..t:., ,- l": 'K ,." d<, ry. ~w~w~. ,.;.., 'l'11~"'" r'" LAW OFFICES LANDIS a: BLACK , "TLE' PENNSVLVAN" ,~~"'~A ~ ctk (h . . 'Norman S. Oc er, Jr. . P' !3~ *,@k Barbara J. 0 ker Sworn to' and subscribed before me ,this /.J'k day of-cl~ .,.1980. ~L~ 'MIRY N.m GOR/:/;AfJ, !\!0~'ary Public Carli<;le, Cumberland Co., Pa. My Commission Expires Sept. 19, 1983 bODt: 10'7 t"'.~E 155 -4-