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PALISADES COLLECTION LLC
ASSIGNEE OF BANK ONE
210 SYLVAN AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632
NO. OS-
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
Plaintiff
VS.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
KARL ZIMMERMAN
200 PETERSBURG RD
CARLISLE PA 17013-3178
Defendant (5)
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 (20) days after this Complaint and
Notice are served, by entering a written appearance personally or by an 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 or any other claim or relief requested by the Plaintiff.
You may lose money or property 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 HELP. 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.
NOTICIA
Le ban demandado a used en 1a corte. Si used quarere defensas de esas demandas
expuestas en las paginas, siguientes, used tiene viente (20) dias de plazo al partir
de la fecha de lademanda y la notifiation. Used debe presentar una apariencia
escrita 0 en persona 0 por abogado y archivar en 1a corte en forma escrita sus
defensas 0 sus objeciones a last demandas en corta de sll persona. Sea avisado que
si used no se defienda, la corte tomara medidas y psedido entrar una orden contra
used sin previo aviso 0 notificacion y por cualquier queja 0 alivio que es pedido
en la peticion de demanda. Used puede perder dinero 0 sus propledades 0 otros
derechos importantes para used.
LLEVE ESTA DEMANDA A UN ABODOAGO IMMEDIATAMENTE. SI NO TIENE ABOGADO 0 SI NO TIENE
EL DINERO SUFFICIENTE DE PAGAR TAL SERVICIO VAYA EN PERSONA 0 LLAME POR TELEFONO A
LA OFICINA CUYA DIRECCION SE ENCUENTRA ESCRITA ABAJO PARA AVERIGUAR DONDE SE PUEDE
CONSEGUIR ASSITANCIA LEGAL.
Lawyer Referral Service
Cumberland County Bar Assn,
32 S, Bedford St.
Carlisle
800-990-9108
PA 17013
CVRNOT!PARET
W&A FILE NO, 132664021
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND
COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
PALISADES COLLECTION LLC
ASSIGNEE OF BANK ONE
210 SYLVAN AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632
NO. 05'- $'96(.,. C;u~L y~
Plaintiff
VS.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
KARL ZIMMERMAN
200 PETERSBURG RD
CARLISLE PA 17013-3178
Defendant (s)
COMPLAINT
Now comes the Plaintiff, PALISADES COLLECTION LLC . by and through its
attorneys, and the law firm of Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L,P., and files this Complaint
and in support avers as follows:
1. Plaintiff, PALISADES COLLECTION LLC
ASSIGNEE OF BANK ONE
210 SYLVAN AVENUE
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NJ 07632
is a business entity doing business within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the
other states of the United States.
2. Defendant, KARL ZIMMERMAN
a last known address of
is an adult individual with
200 PETERSBURG RD
CARLISLE PA 17013-3178
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
3. It is averred that Defendant(s) was/were issued an open end credit
card account.
4. At all relevant times material hereto, Defendant(s) has/have used said
charge card for the purchase of products, goods and/or for obtaining services.
CCPNRI/PARET
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5, Plaintiff provided Defendant(s) with copies of the Statements of Account
showing all debits and credits for transactions on the aforementioned credit card
account to which there was no bona fide objection by Defendant(s). A true and
correct copy of the Statement of Account is attached hereto, incorporated herein,
and marked as Exhibit "A".
6. As of the date of this Complaint, the remaining
unpaid on Defendant's credit card account as a result of
Defendant(s) and/or any authorized users is the sum of $
balance due, owing
the charges made by
9122.99.
and
said
7. Pursuant to the applicable Pennsylvania law, any unpaid or delinquent
balances on said account shall continue to bear interest at the rate of 18%.
8. As of the date of the filing of this Complaint. the amount of interest
which has accrued is the sum of $ 6267.12.
9.
refused
account
Despite reasonable and repeated demands for payment, Defendant(s) has/have
and continue to refuse to pay all sums due and owing on the aforementioned
balance, all to the damage and detriment of the Plaintiff,
10. The amount in controversy is within the jurisdictional amount requiring
compulsory arbitration.
WHEREFORE, Plaintiff respectfully requests this Honorable Court enter Judgment
in favor of the Plaintiff and against Defendant(s) in the amount of $ 9122.99,
plus interest in the amount of $ 6267,12, plus costs of this action and any other
relief as this Court deems just and reasonable.
Respectfully submitted.
70 /
1186341 /
1187326 /
1194266 /
Bruce H. Cherkis 1118837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P. / Counsel for Plaintiff
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Road, 3rd Floor, Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 303-6700
a el F. Wolfson
Andrew C. Spears
Tonilyn M. Chippie
Ronald S. Canter
1120617
1187737
1187852
1194000
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Philip C. Warholic
David R. Galloway
Ronald M. Abramson
CPNRI2/PARET
W&A FILE NO, 132664021
189239
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ATTORNEY VERIFICATION
I hereby state that I am the attorney for the Plaintiff, who is located
outside of this jurisdiction and in order to file the within document in an
expedient and timely manner, am authorized to take this verification on behalf of
said Plaintiff in this action and verify that the statements made in the foregoing
Complaint are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and
belief, based upon information provided by the Plaintiff.
The undersigned understands that false statements herein are made subject to
the penalties of 18 Pa.C.S. Section 4904, relating to unsworn falsification
to authorities.
Date:
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Ie #87062 /
Philip C. Warholic #86341 /
David R. Galloway #87326 /
Ronald M. Abramson #94266 /
Bruce H. Cherkis #18837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P, / Counsel for Plaintiff
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Road, 3rd Floor, Camp Hill, PA 17011
(717) 303-6700
Daniel F. Wolfson
Andrew C. Spears
Tonilyn M, Chippie
Ronald S. Canter
#20617
#87737
#87852
#94000
PAVERF/PARET
W&A FILE NO. 132664021
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SHERIFF'S RETURN - REGULAR
CASE NO: 2005-05906 P
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA:
COUNTY OF CUMBERLAND
PALISADES COLLECTION LLC
VS
ZIMMERMAN KARL
BRIAN BARRICK
Sheriff or Deputy Sheriff of
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, who being duly sworn according to law,
says, the within COMPLAINT & NOTICE
was served upon
ZIMMERMAN KARL
the
DEFENDANT
, at 2045:00 HOURS, on the 16th day of November, 2005
at 200 PETERSBURG ROAD
CARLISLE, PA 17013
by handing to
KARL ZIMMERMAN
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
So Answers:
18.00
4.80
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10.00
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32.80
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R. Thomas Kline
Sworn and Subscribed to before
11/17/2005
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PALISADES COLLECTION LLC,
Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
v.
NO: 05-5906
KARL ZIMMERMAN,
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Defendant
ANSWER TO COMPLAINT
AND NOW comes your Defendant, Karl Zimmerman, by and through his counsel,
Cunningham & Chernicoff, P.C., and files his Answer to Complaint as follows:
1. ADMITTED,
2, ADMITTED.
3. Defendant is without information sufficient to form a belief as to the definition of
"open end credit card account" as is referred to in Paragraph 3 of Plaintiffs
Complaint and therefore, such averment is specifically denied.
4, Defendant is without knowledge sufficient to form a belief as to the "charge card"
that Plaintiff refers to in Paragraph 4 of its Complaint and such averment is
therefore denied, By way of further pleading, Plaintiff has failed to averred who
issued Defendant the alleged "credit card". For those reasons, Defendant is
unable to respond to the averments contained in Paragraph 4 of Plaintiffs
Complaint and those averments are therefore specifically denied.
5. Defendant is without information sufficient to form a belief as to which "credit
card account" Plaintiff claims to have provided copies of statements to Defendant
and therefore the averments contained in Paragraph 5 are specifically denied,
6. DENIED, By way of further pleading, see Defendant's response to Paragraphs 3
through 5 ofthis Answer, inclusive, By further answer, Plaintiff has failed to
specifically identifY the "credit card account" which it makes reference to in
Paragraph 6 of its Complaint and Defendant is left with an inability to be
responsive to the allegations contained in Paragraph 6 of the Complaint.
7, The averments contained in Paragraph 7 state conclusions oflaw to which no
response is required. In the event that it is judicially determined that a response is
required, then those averments are specifically denied.
8, Defendant is without sufficient information to form a belief as to the truths of the
averment that the sum of $6,267.12 represents interest due and owing to Plaintiff
and strict proof thereof is demanded, if relevant, at time of trial. By way of further
pleading, Plaintiff has failed to allege any basis at law or in equity which would
allow it to collect interest on any amount.
9, DENIED. It is denied that Defendant owes any sum to Plaintiff and strict proof
thereof is demanded, if relevant, at time of trial.
10. The averments contained in Paragraph 10 state conclusions oflaw to which no
response is required. In the event that it is judicially determined that a response is
required, then those averments are specifically denied,
WHEREFORE, Karl Zimmerman respectfully requests this Honorable Court to dismiss
Plaintiff s Complaint and award any other relief that is just and proper.
Respectfully submitted,
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CUNNjHAM\\CHERNICOFF, P.c.
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Plaintiff
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY,
PENNSYLVANIA
PALISADES COLLECTION LLC,
v.
NO: 05-5906
KARL ZIMMERMAN,
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
Defendant
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1, Julieanne Ametrano, certifY that a true and correct copy of the ANSWER TO
COMPLAINT will be served by electronic means and/or by first class United States Mail on the
following parties indicated:
Wolpoff & Abramson, L.L.P.
4660 Trindle Road
Third Floor
Camp Hill, P A 17011
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VERIFICA nON
1, Karl Zimmerman, hereby verifY that the statements made in the foregoing Answer to
Complaint are true and correct to the best of my knowledge. I understand that false statements
herein are made subject to the penalties of 18 Pa,C.S, 94904, relating to unsworn falsification to
authorities
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LAW OFFICES
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P.
AITORNEYS IN THE PRACTICE
OF DEBT COUECTION
4660 TRINDLE ROAD
THIRD FLOOR
CAMP HILL, PA 17011
717.303-6700
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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
i I CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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II PALISADES COLLECTION, L.L.c.
ASSIGNEE OF BANK ONE
Plaintiff NO. 055906
vs.
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
KARL ZIMMERMAN
Defendant
PRAECIPE TO DISCONTINUE
To the Prothonotary:
Please mark the above-entitled case as discontinued without prejudice.
Respectfully Submitted,
GQL
Amy F. Doyle #87062
Daniel F. Wolfson #20617
Philip C, Warholic #86341
Andrew C. Spears #87737
David R. Galloway #87326
Tonilyn M. Chippie #87852
Sarah E. Ehasz #86469
Robert N. Polas, Jr, #201259
Ronald M. Abramson #94266
Ronald S. Canter #94000
Bruce H. Cherkis #18837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Rd., Suite 300
Camp Hill, PA 17011
(7J7) 303-6700
132664021
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LAW OFFICES
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, L.L.P.
ATTORNEYS IN THE PRACTICE
OF DEBT COllECTION
4660 TRINDLE ROAD
THIRD FLOOR
CAMP HILL. PA 17011
717-303-6700
IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF
CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
PALISADES COLLECTION, L.L.c.
ASSIGNEE OF BANK ONE
Plaintiff
vs.
KARL ZIMMERMAN
Defendant
NO. 055906
CIVIL ACTION - LAW
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned does hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the Praecipe
to Discontinue was served upon the individual(s) listed below by Regular Mail,
Postage Pre-Paid on this ~~y of -D~L , 20~.
JOHN M. HYAMS, ESQUIRE
2320 NORTH SECOND STREET
HARRISBURG, PA 17106
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Amy F. Doyle #87062
Daniel F. Wolfson #20617
Philip C. Warholic #86341
Andrew C. Spears #87737
David R. Galloway #87326
Tonilyn M. Chippie #87852
Sarah E, Ehasz #86469
Robert N. Polas. Jr. #201259
Ronald M, Abramson #94266
Ronald S. Canter #94000
Bmce H. Cherkis #18837
WOLPOFF & ABRAMSON, LLP
Attorneys in the Practice of Debt Collection
4660 Trindle Rd.. Suite 300
Camp Hill, P A 17011
(717) 303-6700
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