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YOU "AVI "IN IUID HI coon. " YOU III1N 1'0 PIlfIND AGAINIT TIll CLAIM' ItT roan, IN
THI rOLLOWING rAGII. YOII "UIT TAli ACTIOH IIITHIN TVMY UOI bAYI UTlI TNII WlnAIN't
ANII NOTICIl All IIIlVkO. If Ma.,NO A "linIN AtnAlANCI tUIOIiIAI.LY 01 IY AnoaNIY ANIl
1'1"1110 IN VIITINO Vltll T"~ COO.., YOlIa lIaUNU' 011 OIlJICTIOH. TO THI CLAIMI liT rOkTN
AUAIHIT YOII, YW AU VAlNln TltAT I' YOU rAIL TO 00 10, TJlll CAI' IlAY nocnD VITI10lJT
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OOVNTY. 'INNIY~VANIA
CIVI~ ACTION. t.AV
NO, 91' 1'/" CIVIL Tn"
~u.y TIIAL blKANDtD
IHAlON A. IILVA,
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plrln.r.blp ~u.lnl'l .nd ....11 .nd bll' tr..t.d tb.. a. b.r own and 1011 ....tl.
" In Itpt..blt 0' 199), 'ollowln\l an Inventory of tbl partnluhip'l ....t. Iud I
r.lculatlnn ot the p.ttl..' .qulty In th. p.rtn.r.hlp by tb.lr leeountant. Ih. plrtlol
4.1.1.lo.d th.t P.'.hd.nt oWl4 Plaln'lt' thl .ua ot '16,884.00 tor Plalntlt", equity
In tb. par'.ar,hlp.
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.ul".....nt b,'''''" the ,UU...
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DEBORA" C. I"OIITO, . NO. "-144 CIVIL TIRM
D.t.naant . JUMY TRIAL DEMANDID
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TO. Ihlron A. lilva
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La.oyn., 'A 1704'-016'
(Attorn.y. tor pllintitt)
You .r. her.by notitied to tl1e 1 written re.pon.e to the
.nololad Hew Mltt.r lna Count.rollt. withtn twenty (30) dlY' fro.
..rvlo. hereot or 1 ju4q..nt "V be .nt.red 1911n.t you.
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Attorney' tor O.t.nd.nt
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'HARON A. .ILVA, . IN TilE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS 01"
plalntift I CUMBERLAND COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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V.. . CIVIL ACTION . LAW
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DIBORAIl C. ISPOSlTO, . NO. 95.144 CIVIL TERM
Defendant . JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
ANSWER
AND NOW, com.. the D.f.ndant, D.borah C. I.po.lto, by h.r
attorn.y., Sn.lbak.r , Brennaman, P.C., and re.pond. to the
Plalntlff', Complalnt a. follow..
1. Admltt.d.
a. Admlttad.
3. It 1. d.nl.d that the partle. w.r. for.erly p.rtn.r. ln
. partner'hlp known a. "s.w With u. S.wlnQ C.nt.r". on the
contrary, lt 1. av.rred that the partl.. have b..n and contlnuo
to be partn.r. ln a v.n.ral r.nn.ylv.nla partner.hlp known a.
"Sew Wlth U. ..wlnq Cent.r", ..1a partner.hlp not h.vlnQ been
tenlnated.
It 1. aeni.d that the partl.. .nt.r.d into an oral
oontraat for the eale/purah... ot D.t.ndant'. int.re.t ln the
partnerahlp at any tim.. On the contrary, lt la averred that ln
1"3 the partl.. w.re n.qotiatlnq oertaln ter.. lntendlnq to l.aa
to a t.rmlnatlon ot the partner'hlp by ...n. of . written
.vr....nt, .nd, to that .nd, Detend.nt c.u.od . wrltt.n .qr....nt
to be prepared by the partn.r.hlp'e attorn.y, Charl.. E. .hl.1dt.
e.quir.. . true copy of whleh 1. att.ch~ h.reto .arked YExhlblt
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A" and incorporated herein by rererenca thareto, whioh propo..d
.qr....nt P1.intiff r.j.ct.d and r.fu..d to IN.oute.
It i. furth.r d.ni.d that the a11'9.d t.r.. ..t forth
in paraqr.ph 3 of the complaint w.r. p.rt ot .n or.1 aqr..m.nt,
On the contrary, the propo..d t.rm. of the int.nd.d writt.n
aqr..m.nt are a. ..t forth in "Ekhibit A".
It i. .p.oific.l1y d.ni.d th.t D.f.ndant aqr.ed at any
time or m.nn.r to pay P1aintift the .u. of '1,410 for. ..winq
m.ohin. whioh Plaintiff had oontribut'd to the partn.r.hip, and
it i. more .p.oifioal1Y denied that P1.intifr contributed to the
partn.r.hip .ith.r $1,450 in mon.y or a ..wlnq maohin.. On the
contr.ry, it i. averred th.t P1.intiff purch...d I Dernia Hod.l
ID30 .ewin9 m.chine throuqh the partner.hip ror the .pprowlmat.
oo.t of '1,410, which machln. plaintiff k.pt.
4. It 1. d.ni.d thllt .ny oral aqr..ment .Ni.t.d .t .ny ti..
and that PlaIntiff withdr.w in r.li.nc. th.r.on, On the
contrary, it 1. av.rr.d th.t Pl.intiff unil.ter.lly withdr.w tro.
tha oparation. of the partnor.hip bu.in..., thereby foroinq
D.tendant into the .01. ..naq...nt of the partner.hip bu. in... In
order to pr...rve the ....t. of the partnerehip. It i. further
denl'd that p1aintitf d.1ivered po.....lon and/or oontrol of the
p.rtn.r.hip" ....t. to Der.ndant, On the contr.ry, 1t 1,
av.rred that Plalntlfr .bandon.d and dler.gard.d ~'r
r.epon.lbll1tl.. .. a partn.r and forced P141ntlf' Into .01.
_anI9'''0\ ., av.rred abov..
It 1. .4_ltt.d that fro. the tl.. of 'I.tntlff~.
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unl1at.ra1 ablndon..nt ot lnvo1YI.ant ln the partn.rlhlp bu.ln...
D.tendant op.nted the partn.nhl, and .ana,ld it. ....t., bllt it
1. d.nled that ahe tr..tld tha bU.ln... and ....t. .. h.t own.
On thl Gontrlry, o.t.nd.nt It all tl.a. op.r.t.d Ind ..nIQld thl
partner.hlp bu. In..' .. . p.rtner toro.d Into .uoh .an.,...nt bV
the unwarranted .bandon.ant by 'lalntltt.
I. It 1. d.nlld that the parU.. datuIlnad that D.t.ndant
ow.d 'lalntltt any ..ount tor 'lalntltt'. equlty. On the
Gontrary, the .u. ot .1....4,00 wa. an I.ount dl.ou...d .. th_
oon.14lratlon tor. buy-out ln .ooordlno. wlth othlr .It.rl.l
t.r.. .. .It torth ln Ind upon the I..outlon ot th. wrltt.n
.'r....nt .. .at torth 1n "exhlblt A-.
I. It 1. dlnl.a thlt Iny or.l .'r....nt ..1.tld betwe.n the
p.rtl.., On thl contr.ry, no luoh I'f....nt ..1.tld. Tho
Iver..nta oontalnld In p.r.uraph ) ar. lnoorporated h.r.ln by
r.t.r_no. 'htreto .. furth.r r..pon.. to .uch .11',ltlon.
1. It 1. .dMltted thlt o_t.ndlnt ha. pita no MOn.y to
'l,lntlrr, and it 1. 4.n11d that Ih. hid .n ob11,atlon to do .0
.1no. nO or.1 .'r....nt .wl.\1d I' Ill..ed, On the contrlry, np
of.l .'f....nt ..1.ted, and thl IV'fM.nt, ~lth f'9lfd to the
,.rtl.,' 4.al1RQ' " ..t forth ln P'fl'f.ph ) h.r.lnaboY. .r.
Incorpor.ted h.r.ln ~y r.r.f.no. th.f.to 1n furth.f ,..pon.. to
,~ d,nl.1 of th. or.1 I~r....nt.
It 1. f~r'n.r 4,"114 ,~t o.r.n4ant hi' 1"'Uf~
, f1'lntl" 1n ,ny I~"t, on tb4 contr.rv, It 1. Iy.rred '~t nq
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Moreov.r, Plaintiff ha. injur.d D.fendant by abandonin9 h.r
dutie. to the partner.hip and requirin9 Def.ndant to op.rate the
bu.ine.. and prot.ot it. ....t. without help or ae.i.tanoe trom
or by Plaintitt.
WIIERIFORE, Def.ndant re.peoUully nqu..t. your Honorable
Court to di..i.. the Compl.int and enter jUdqm.nt th.reon in
ravor of Defendant and aqain.t Plaintiff.
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Oefendant aver. the following n.w .atter by way or further
an.wlr and deren'll
I. Oafendant and Pl.lntiff are equal partner. of a .,.neral
'enn,vlvanla partn.r'hip known a. "IIW With U. lewinq Cent.r".
9. At all tl.e. .aterial har.to, the partie' operated .ald
partner.hip bu.ine.. at the preml.e. in Wlnd.or park 'hopplng
Center 1n ~w'r Allen Town'hip, cumberland County, Plnn.ylvanla,
known a. D334 la.t Il,p.on Ferry Road (h.reinafter called
"Iu.ine.. pre'l.e.").
10. On or about the end or May, 1113, the partie. di.oulled
terJllinatlnq thelr partner.hip r.latlon.hip. They aqr.ed
9.nerally th.t Defend.nt would aoquire Pl.intlff', lntere.t in
the partnerlhip un term. to be negotlated and reauold to written
..,ree..nt.
U. On or Ibout the ..rly .'Art of July, un, the puti..
..de a phy.ioal inventory of the partnerehip'e ....t..
lJ, ror un.~plalnfd r...ona. Plalntiff dl.oontinued
a.,OQlatlon wlth Patanaeht l...diataly aftlr the inventory
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av.rr.d in para9raph 11 and th.r.att.r tail.d, r.tu'ld and
nl91eot.d to p.rtor. ..rvic.. tor the partnlr.hip, th.rlby
toroin9 D.t.ndant to blco.. the 101. .ana9.r ot the bu.in....
13. On or about the .arly part ot Ootob.r, 1"3, the part i..
a9r..d to .tt.ot a tor.al dillolution ot the partn.rlhip in
aooordano. with oertain t.r.. and conditionl to b. doou..nt.d by
to~mal writt.n aQr....nt to b. pr.par.d by the partn.r.hip'l
attorney, Charle. E. Shi.ld., Ill, E.quir..
14. Attorney Shi.ld. prlpar.d the writtln .vr....nt al ot
'.pt..b.r 27, 1"3, and advil.d the parti.. or it. av.ilability
to b. .xeouted, a trUe oopy or whioh i. attaoh.d h.r.to .ark.d
"Exhibit A", h.roinatt.r oall.d "AQr...ant".
15. Shortly att.r the pr.paration or the Aqr....nt,
Plaintitr obtain.d a copy of the AVr....nt troM Attorn.y .hi.ld.
tor review and oon.id.ration.
16. On or about Octob.r 11, 1"3, Dat.ndant d.liver.d to
Attorn.y Shialdl' ottlo. har oh.ok pay.bl. to Plalntlft In the
a.ount or '16,884.00 In furtharano. ot the AVr....nt,
17. Plalntitt n'vlaot.d, r.tuI.d and tall.d to oon.u...ta
the tur.al Avr...ant.
18. Whan Plaintltt tall.d to oon.u..at. the AVr....nt,
D.t.ndant r.cov.r.a the oh.c~ tor .16,....00 ana u..d thl tunda
upullnt.a thluby to p.y aCOauntl owlll9 by the partnu.hh, <lJII,t
op.ratlonal .xp.n....
1'. Plaintiff. by her .ttorney, ,.,u'l ~. And.., eequlr., ~y
l.tt.r aat.d D.c.,bar '6, 't". dl'aYow~ tn. .wi.t.~ ~r tn.
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tor..l .vr....nt and d...nd.d oth.r and addltlonal tar.', . oopy
ot .ald 1.tt.r bllnq att,ohld h.r.to ..rkld Mlxhlblt 8M.
20. D.t.nd.nt did not aQr.. to th. n.w t.r.. propo.ad by
'lalntltl, and th. tor.al Aqr....nt (Exhlblt A) wa. nelthar
a.endad nor .xloutld,
11. D.aplta the ab..nol of an .Qr....nt to dl..olV. tha
partnar.hlp, 'laintltt aontlnu.d to .b..nt h.r..lf Iro.
partnlr.hip dutl.. and oontlnu.. to dl.r.vard Ind abandon h.r
r,.pon.lbllltl'. A' a p.rtn.r.
12. On or .bout January 21, 1"4, thl root ot the Bu.in...
'r..l... oolllp..d durl", . ,now p.rlo4, .tf,otlv.1V olollnq tha
plrtn.r.hip bu,ln... op.ratlon by d..tryotlon 01 .ubltantl.11y
.11 of th. partnar.hlp ....t..
I'. D'.plta the olt..trophlo 10.. averrad 1ft p.ravraph 22,
'laintlff QOntinua. to di.r"ard and abandon h.r lnt.r.,t In th.
pntnlflhlp.
14. I.olu.. 01 ,lalntlft'. Iban40n..nt or lnt.r..t In tha
p.rtn.rahip bu.ln.." D.,.ndant h.. ~.n roro~ to ..n.,' ,.Id
bulln... and to r..olv, tha .yrlad of ~.ln... probl.., r"ultlrK}
'ro. 'h. ,ny.lo.l 4..\r"0\lon av.rr.a al A'.f.'Ald.
WHIMC'OMI. D.t.ndan' f..ptot,ullV ("UI.t. your Honorabl.
Court to 41..1.. rl.lntl"" co.plllnt and .nt.r ju4,.,n\ th.r.Dn
In "vor @, u.,.nd,n'.
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hereinabove are incorporatad herein by rererence thereto a.
thou,h ..t torth in full,
26. D.t.ndant haa d.voted and continue. to apand many hour.
in the manavement and att.mpt to pre.erv. the partn.rahip a..ete
ainca Plaintitt'e abandonment of the partnerehip buaine.. in July
of un.
27. Defendant i. .ntitled to be compen.ated for the fair
value ot h.r time and ener,y devoted to the partnerahip aince
July ot 1993 in exceaa ot '10,000.
al. pl.intitt, a. a continuin, partner of the partn.r.hip,
will continue to benafit trom Defend.nt', eftort. aa afore.aid,
thereby unjuatly enriohinq Plaintiff.
WHItMIFOIlE, Defendant puya your Ifonorable court to enter
judV.ent .vainat Plaintiff in an a.ount in exce.. ot '10,000,
plu. intareat and the coat. ot thia aotion.
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30. Plaintift haa par.iatently bra.ohed the partnerahip
.Vf....nt by tailin9 and fatuain9 aino. July ot 199' to partor.
her dutie. II a partner whereby it i. no 10n,lr rea.onably
practioabl, to oarry on the bu,in..' in partner'hip with
,1a1ntiU.
WHIRCfoRt, OIle~.nt r"plctfully requ..t, your Honorable
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Court to d.cr.e I di..olution ot the partner.hip pur,ulnt to 1~
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HechlniolburQ. PA 17055-031.
AttornlY' tor Defendant
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2 w..t Maln Itr..t
M.oh.nlc.bur" PA 17055
RBI Sharon A. 111va
Dur Char 11 "
Iharon 111va ha. ...n me about the di..olution 01 .ew With
U.. I hav. r.vi.wed the di..olution document. Whloh you dratttd
and I requ'lt thae you make the fo11owlng ohang"1
1. Th. a,r..m.nt .hou1d frovid' that Mr..
I.po.ito will give writt.n not c. to all cr.ditor.
wlth which the partn.rlhip ha. d.alt durin, the pa.t
two y..r. of Mr.. Silva'. withdrawal tran the
partn.rlhip. Thil i. n.c....rr '0 that III ot the
cr.dltor. wl1l not ext.nd or.d t to the bu.ln... in the
future in r.llanc. upon Mr.. lilva'. participation,
Which would th.n give them a olalm agaln.t h.r wh.th.r
.h. 1. I formal partner or not.
2. Th. aqr..ment mu.t hav. a elau.e r.quirl",
Mrl. Ilpolito to par all of the d.bt. at the
partner.hip that .x It.d on the date of dl.lolutlon,
.pooifloallv including the 1...., the d.bt owed to the
bank, and any and all auppl1.r. and trad. cr.dltor.,
and turth.r providlnq th.t Mrl. Ilpollto will indeMnlty
Ind .av. harml... Hr.. 11lva trom anv cllim r..ultin,
from her failur. to make paym.nt ot tho.. d.bt.. It
rour agr.ement .xpr...ly provid.. thlt ind.-niticltion,
t wlll not be n.o....ry llt.r to come up With I
..plrlt. ind.mnification .gr.ement.
J. Th. a,r..ment Ihould provide that Mr..
I.po.ito will p.y, ln addition to the '16,..'.00 tor
the purch... at the partn.raMp ",U!tV" tM '\IlIJ ot
.1,450.00 to r.imbur.. Hr.. lilva or ~nl.. .M ,av.
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the p.rtn.r.hlr .t the ttMt of the dl..olutlon to
pureh... . .ew no Mlohln. whloh WI' n.v.r d.llvered.
A. In Ilt.rnltlv., Nr.. I.po.lto oan d.llv.r a new
..wlno maohln. a. ord.red by Mr.. Illvl.
1 bell.v. th... ching.. wll1 mak. the 10r.lmlnt r.tllot, mort
.oourlt.lv, the tlrma to whloh thl plrtll. hlVI Igr..d. If you
wl11 mak. th... chlnge. Ind .Ind oopll. of the r.vl.14 10f..ment
to both Mr.. .11vI Ind 1, .h. will oomo to your offlo. Ind .10n
the Igr.~nt Ind thl tlotltlou. name rlgl.tr.tlon.
J und.r.tlnd thlt Nr.. J.po.ito hi' wlthdr.wn the mon.y .h.
dlpo.ltld wlth you for pl~nt to Nr.. 111vI. J ..k thlt you
dlurmlne trOlll h.r wMth.r .hl hi' thl tund. to PlY IU that .M
OWl. Mr.. Il1YI II the r..ult at I dillolutlon It tM pr...nt
UmI or not. It .h. dol', w. would Ukl thO" fund. d.pol1ted
wlth you Ig.ln .0 th.t Mrl. .11vI mav hlYI tn.. II .oon I' tM
Igr.~nt. Ir. .1gn.d. It Nr.. I,pollto no long.r hi' tho..
fund., w. would 11k. to know hoW .he propo.I. to make plv-ent of
thl. NOn.y. It .hl wll1 pay balt now, Mr.. 111YI MlY be wl111no
to giY' h.r .ddltlon.l tlme to PlY the blllnc.. '1.... dl.ou..
thl. mattlr wlth Mr.. I.po.lto I' .oon I' you oan .nd 'It baok to
me with h.r r..pon...
J havI .Int I oopy ot thi. l.tter dlr.ctly to Deborah
I.po.lto .0 thlt 'M 1. IWlr. at whit ch.no.. WI hlv. reque.tl4.
HOplltully 'M wlll contaet you to dl.oulI thl. Nnll and W Gan
o.t lt on thl rold to 11nll fllOlutlon wlthout d.!IY. Your
patllno. 1. Ippr.olltl4.
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