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PETRO COHEN PETRO:' TARAZZOA hofes$ional COIporatioXli

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LAWDIVISiON

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P1aintiff, Jason Wiijfauw, r~ic!mg at 269 West toms Aycuae, in the City of Egg Ha.rbor~

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On or abou:t'April S, 2003, plaintiff JasODWilliQIllSwas It ticket holder~ patronI, ,

and business invitee of ]defendant Phila.delphia l'hillies, $1).4_was in VetCfIW Stadium.

Pbi1adelphi~ penIlSYlvanil ~order to attend a PhiladeJphia Phi11iesIPittsburgh Pirates baseball

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permitted by defendant's U'SMron to the cdgo of the field by the fence where a player fujm theI~ .

.PiUSInogbPitat.. - atap- IW4t",.ingbaaeba11a10_imate1y twenty(20)fan.alreAdy gat.h;ercd tber~- I : .

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3. At the time ~d place aforesaidandwhilephuntift'wasstandingwiththis group ofII

fans, ~ was strUck in the! fiWe and injured by a 1in~~V~ fQul ball bit by a Pittsb\1f8h Pirate

player who W~ taking bat#g practice.I,4. At the tiJ]l

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:~ and place aforesaid.and prior thercl.o d~fendant through said, I

defeudaut's agenm, sorvarlisand/or employees negligently fail~d to provide plaintiff with a.

rcl1SOI1ablysafe premises, IIJagligentlYexposedplaintiff to an unreasonablerisk of harm during, II

pre-game activities. neglig~ntly permitted plaintiff. alon~ with other fam onto tlw edge of the

field thereby substmtially Ifl~oreasingexpOSUfSand.risk of harm., negligently permitted pre--gameii,

..Iated aotiviUesthat 1 knew or should ha.e knoW!!wen>deril"eO to aumt fansincluding plaintiff onto or ~jacent to the field, and.to dist1'actthem from potentiallwn1 and said

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defendantwas otherwi~emattentiveand carelessaUto plaintiff'sdetrimentand loss. '

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5. A! a mult ~f defendant'snegligence,plaintiffwas causedto sustainsevere

painful ~ permit bOdilt!injuries which injm'iesreq\w:edplaintiff to undtrgO medical tULdI'

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sUrgica1 treatment incapa~it:ated plafutiif ft01I\.pursuing hie Ugu.a! employment or other activi1ies~, ii -

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caused plaintiff ;;igJilik~l~i pain, suffering and mental 'anguish and which j~uries sha11~in the

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fte plaintiff;cause him pa.iJ1and ~ff~ring and r~uire medical

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. ,defendantthe PbiladeIPhi~.Phillis:~t!m.:m,gh.sI/oidg,~f~~f~ ,ag~nt~.s~ts ll!1d1orem..p.]or~.~.for damages.interestsand[~sts of suit. .

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P1we 1akonotice ffa! Plaintlff demill.. _wm \0 POlIO C "'" Form C(2) (1M teen

"oondiuQJUj"pg cmployed IT C(2) InterrOga.toues refm to tho pre--game activities jnvolving the

Pittsburgh Pirate pIa,yeTau.t~graphiug and tossing basebal1i to a group of tam located adjacent toII

the fieldin the vicinity"l ~~teranStadium Section 239) of the uniform lietof intrnogatolie~moro ~ccifiCianyBetforth

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. I,A demandfor tria]r~ jury is herebymadeon ill issueEraisedin thesepleadings.

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. I.Theundmign~ Ef Cohen.Esq..certifiesonbehalfoftheabovenamed u follows;

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1. I amana.~ey admittedtopracticelawintheStateoiNew Jersey,withthefirm -"

h J_--of Petro Co en Petro Mata~l~o, PC, counsel for the above named.

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2. The matt~I:P1controversyin this matteris not tho wbject of any otheraction

pending in any Ccrnrtor oil p~ndin8 a.rbitrationpro1::OOdiDg,no! is any other actiQnor arbitration

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3. At this timci~thm arc no other partiea who should b~ joined in thi$ pCQou..I

4. I certifyfbt,lthe foregoingstatom61ltBmadeby me are U1W.I am awarethat if iUlyI

of the foregoing statemenUJ:madeby me ace willfully false, I am subject to punislunQIlt.

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,:\ "PLEASE BE NO~~IFIED that pursuant to Rule 4:25-4. Barry Cohc:n. :SSquite, is herwy

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CIVIL CASflE INFORMATION STATEMENTI! (CIS)

Use for Inillel't~LilwCi\lision - Civil Part pleadln9s (notmotions)undarRule4;5-1.Pleading wfI~be rejected for flUng,under Rule 1:So6(c).if informat1# above the black bar is "at completedorIfa\tomey"~,,(Signatureis notaffixed,

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