Free Motion to Amend/Correct - District Court of Connecticut - Connecticut

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COUF'?
DISTRICT OF CONNECIIJIQLIT `QT.
BILL L. GOUVEIA AS ADMINISTRATOR SEP I} Q till l’i·l `iill I
OF THE ESTATE OF José GUERRA, _ __ I ,
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V` CIVIL ACTION No. 303CV597 MRK
SIG SIMONAZZI NORTH AMERICA, INC.,
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Dated: September 8, 2004
SASIB FOOD MACHINERY MV, S.P.A., I
SASIB BAKERY ITALIA, S.P.A.,
DRY PRODUCTS, S.P.A., and
COMPAGNIE INDUSTRIALI RIUNITE,
Third-Part Defendants · I
PLAiNTIFF’S MOTION TO AMEND THE PLAINTIFF’S COMPLAINT
NOW COMES the plaintiff and moves this Honorable Court grant the plaintiff leave to file
an amended complaint in the form attached hereto and marked as I
As grounds for this motion the plaintiff files the attached memorandum of law and I
asserts the following: I
I. The plaintiff seeks to change the name of the defendant, Simonazzi North
America, Inc. to correctly identify the defendant, a change that will not prejudice I
the defendant.
ll. The plaintiff has a cause of against the third-party defendants Sasib Food
Machinery MV, S.p.A., Sasib Bakery Italia, S.p.A., Dry Products S.p.A., and
Compagnie lndustriali Riunite, S.p.A., I
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1. On or about April 27, 2001, the plaintiff's decedent was killed by a Bakery Line
Bread and Roll Making Machine, modellorder number 3444 CHA ("the "Bakery I
Machine"). I
2. On or about April 8, 2003, the plaintiff had filed Complaint inthe United States I
District Court, District of Connecticut, and served it upon the defendant Sig I
Simonazzi North America, Inc., alleging negligence pursuant to Connecticut I
Products Liability Act, C.G.S. §§52-572m, et seq. and 52-555, and demanding I
punitive damages pursuant to C.G.S. §52-240b. I
3. On or about January 8, 2004, the Court allowed the defendants Motion to File a I
Third—Party Complaint against Sasib Food Machinery MV, S.p.A., Sasib Bakery
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Italia, S.p.A., Dry Products S.p.A., and Compagnie lndustriali Riunite, S.p.A, alleging
that the third—party defendants designed, developed, manufactured, tested,
fashioned, packaged, marketed, inspected, distributed, supplied, installed, I
I maintained, sold, supervised, delivered, and modified the subject bakery machine to
the plaintiff’s decedent's employer Chaves Bakery andlor modified the machine and
its component parts for use at Chaves Bakery.
4. The plaintiff now seeks to file a cause of action against each of the third-party i
defendants Sasib Food Machinery MV, S.p.A., Sasib Bakery Italia, S.p.A., Dry
Products S.p.A., and Compagnie Industriali Riunite, S.p.A. for the design,
development, manufacture, testing, fashioning, packaging, marketing, inspection, I
distribution, supply, installation, maintenance, sale, supervision, delivery, andlor j
modification of the subject machine and its component parts. x
5. The pIaintiff’s claims against each ofthe third-party defendants arise out of the same N
transaction and occurrences set forth in the pIaintiff’s Complaint against the ,
defendant Sig Simonazzi North America, Inc.
6. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 14(a) states, "the plaintiff may assert any claim
against the third-party defendant arising out ofthe transaction or occurrence that is
the subject matter ofthe plaintiffs claim against the third-party pIaintiff." 3
7. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a) provides that a party may file an amended
pleading by leave of Court and that, "Ieave shall be freely given when justice so
requires.” Federal Rule Of Civil Procedure Rule 15(c) states, "an amendment of a _
pleading relates back to the date of the original pleading when the claim or defense E
asserted in the amended pleading arose out of the conduct, transaction, or
occurrence set forth in the original pIeading."
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WHEREFORE, Plaintiff prays this Honorable Court allow this Motion to File an Y
Amended Complaint, and to accept for filing and docketing the signed amended complaint
attached hereto as Exhibit
Respectfully submitted,
THE PLAINTIFF, BILL L. GOUVEIA AS I
ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE =
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By his attorney,
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Richar . Sullivan
Fed Bar# CT24914
Sullivan & Sullivan, LLP
31 Washington Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Telephone (781) 263—9400 p
Fax (781) 239-1360
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i CERTIFICATION
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I This is to certify that on this day I served, by first-class mail postage prepaid, a I
copy of the foregoing to: I
Patrick M. Birney, Esq.
I Halloran & Sage, LLP )
One Goodwin Square I
225 Asylum Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Deborah S. Russo, Esq.
Day Beriy & Howard, LLP (
CityPIace I (
Hartford, CT 06103-3499
John J. Horan, Esq.
Jonathan Mazer, Esq. I
Fox Horan & Camerini, LLP
825 Third Avenue I
New York, NY 10022

RICH D J. SULLIVAN
Dated: September 8, 2004 i
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Richard J. Sullivan, Sullivan & Sullivan, LLP {
31 Washington Street- Wellesley, MA 02481
Telephone (781) 263-9400 - Fax (781) 239-1360
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