Bartel et al v. Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. et al

Filing 1

COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against Does 5 through 200, General Electric, Tokyo Electric Power Company, Inc. ( Filing fee $ 400 receipt number 0974-10361835.), filed by Adrian Lucina, Andrea Eisenhower, Bridget Waters, Lydia Salgado, Martin Hitson, Carissa Clark, Michael Leland, Justin Jaehnig, Brandon Montgomery, Randy Valentin, Donald H. Dellinger, Rachel Mendez, Alexander Tidd, Jonathan Muldowney, Edward Eluere, C.G., Carolyn Felix White, Patrick Walton, Casey Tucker, Corey Drewbell, Justine Fraley, Adriana Carbacas, Amanda Stemen, Derek Yoda, Michael Cross, Teresa Ready, Matthew Donaldson, Ramsiare Clinton, Brett Schmidt, Tymeshia Guidry, Eion Nelson, Brandon Zacharie, Christopher Carr, Janice Stewart, Tiffany Schad, Glenn Ofori, Quincy Shepherd, Shanee Brown, Shawn Velasquez, Mellony Snyder, Tim Palmer, Balthazar Reforsado, Michelle Scott, Francis Marlon, Nolan R Allen, Daniel Strohl, Ramon Jr. Enciso, Luis Torres, Devin Ritchey, Alexandra Campos, Quentin Richardson, Steven Gardner, Ronald L. Stemen, Scott Lieng, Christopher Coleman, Joshua Segree, Rene Landeros, Jestine Clayton, Jeremy Michaud, Ronald Stemen, Roderick Jessamy, Monty JR Barham, Ashley Cochran, Contrail Allen, Stewart Lowell, Annette Luckey, Grace Eunae Park, Levan Lawrence, Jennifer Boyle, Matthew Ayres, Cyrinthia Hambley, Kevin Jacobson, Darren Hanson, Charliemagne Aterrado, Eric I. Epps, Joshua Peoples, Beatrice Barthelemy, Lowell Stewart, Brian Cross, William Holt, Daniel Barbiero, Kirk Godair, Jerrid Sevart, Carl Slaubaugh, Luke Opyd, Lawrence Edwards, Cecilia Gutierrez, Christopher Woods, Jaime Clavito, Jonathan Burbach, Rodolpho Guerro, Eloi Whiteman, Crystal Souder, Tim White, Joshua Cunningham, Joe Lewis, Robert Venable, Justin Steinmetz, Trang Pham, Donald Vorhees, Ryan Kunin, Arnulfo Limon, Joseph Kyle Henry, Alejandro Perez, Matthew Anderson, Derek Cambridge, Mitchell Hodges, Francisco Jr. Marigundo, Christopher Morin, Nicholas Kovachev, Jacob Reed, Edward Mello, William E. Rigby, Angelina Reyna, Dustin Bartel, Haldane Hamilton, Cesar Salgado, Kyle Spurlock, Brian Drawlins, Gregory Smith, Logan Black, Patrick Crespo, Edwin Maher, Olivia Dimas, Nancy Jackson, Jose Suero, Marty Hill, Sy Byron, Brian Rawley, Robert Ochoa, Brittney Wachner, Esmeralda Kopka, Ryan Mclaughlin, Chad Martins, Matthew Knaust, James Souder, John Wesley Hyatt, Ashley Chitty, Derrek Luckey, Melissa Lester, Camry Campbell, Jeff Cook, Jessica Barlow, Gabriel Vasquez, Ruth Freeman, Andrew Anderson, Edward Zimmerman, Nicholas Swann, Marlon Francis, Samathan Bregant, Alvin Magno, Michael Harvey, Jeffrey Armstrong, Jason Ferguson, Janeth. Masinde, Garrett Nelson. (Attachments: # 1 Civil Case Cover Sheet)The new case number is 3:17-cv-01671-DMS-KSC. Judge Dana M. Sabraw and Magistrate Judge Karen S. Crawford are assigned to the case. (Bonner, Charles)(anh) (jao).

CIVIL COVER SHEET

JS 44 (Rev. 06/17)

The JS 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, except as
provided by local rules of court. This form, approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the use of the Clerk of Court for the
purpose of initiating the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.)

I. (a) PLAINTIFFS

DEFENDANTS

Dustin Bartel; (See Attached)

(b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff

TOKYO ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC., GENERAL
ELECTRIC
Tokyo, Japan
County of Residence of First Listed Defendant

San Diego

(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES)
NOTE:

(c) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number)

Attorneys (If Known)

Law Offices of Bonner & Bonner
475 Gate Five Rd, Suite 212 Sausalito, CA 94965
415-331-3070

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
350 South Grand Avenue, 50th Floor
Los Angeles, California 90071-3426

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an “X” in One Box Only)
1

2

U.S. Government
Plaintiff

3

U.S. Government
Defendant

4

(IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY)
IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF
THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED.

'17CV1671 DMS KSC

III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an “X” in One Box for Plaintiff
(For Diversity Cases Only)
PTF
Citizen of This State
1

Federal Question
(U.S. Government Not a Party)
Diversity
(Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III)

DEF
1

and One Box for Defendant)
PTF
DEF
Incorporated or Principal Place
4
4
of Business In This State

Citizen of Another State

2

2

Incorporated and Principal Place
of Business In Another State

5

5

Citizen or Subject of a
Foreign Country

3

3

Foreign Nation

6

6

IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an “X” in One Box Only)
CONTRACT

Click here for: Nature of Suit Code Descriptions.

TORTS

110 Insurance
120 Marine
130 Miller Act
140 Negotiable Instrument
150 Recovery of Overpayment
& Enforcement of Judgment
151 Medicare Act
152 Recovery of Defaulted
Student Loans
(Excludes Veterans)
153 Recovery of Overpayment
of Veteran’s Benefits
160 Stockholders’ Suits
190 Other Contract
195 Contract Product Liability
196 Franchise

REAL PROPERTY
210 Land Condemnation
220 Foreclosure
230 Rent Lease & Ejectment
240 Torts to Land
245 Tort Product Liability
290 All Other Real Property

PERSONAL INJURY
310 Airplane
315 Airplane Product
Liability
320 Assault, Libel &
Slander
330 Federal Employers’
Liability
340 Marine
345 Marine Product
Liability
350 Motor Vehicle
355 Motor Vehicle
Product Liability
360 Other Personal
Injury
362 Personal Injury Medical Malpractice
CIVIL RIGHTS
440 Other Civil Rights
441 Voting
442 Employment
443 Housing/
Accommodations
445 Amer. w/Disabilities Employment
446 Amer. w/Disabilities Other
448 Education

FORFEITURE/PENALTY

PERSONAL INJURY
365 Personal Injury Product Liability
367 Health Care/
Pharmaceutical
Personal Injury
Product Liability
368 Asbestos Personal
Injury Product
Liability
PERSONAL PROPERTY
370 Other Fraud
371 Truth in Lending
380 Other Personal
Property Damage
385 Property Damage
Product Liability
PRISONER PETITIONS
Habeas Corpus:
463 Alien Detainee
510 Motions to Vacate
Sentence
530 General
535 Death Penalty
Other:
540 Mandamus & Other
550 Civil Rights
555 Prison Condition
560 Civil Detainee Conditions of
Confinement

625 Drug Related Seizure
of Property 21 USC 881
690 Other

LABOR
710 Fair Labor Standards
Act
720 Labor/Management
Relations
740 Railway Labor Act
751 Family and Medical
Leave Act
790 Other Labor Litigation
791 Employee Retirement
Income Security Act

BANKRUPTCY
422 Appeal 28 USC 158
423 Withdrawal
28 USC 157
PROPERTY RIGHTS
820 Copyrights
830 Patent
835 Patent - Abbreviated
New Drug Application
840 Trademark
SOCIAL SECURITY
861 HIA (1395ff)
862 Black Lung (923)
863 DIWC/DIWW (405(g))
864 SSID Title XVI
865 RSI (405(g))

FEDERAL TAX SUITS
870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff
or Defendant)
871 IRS—Third Party
26 USC 7609

IMMIGRATION
462 Naturalization Application
465 Other Immigration
Actions

OTHER STATUTES
375 False Claims Act
376 Qui Tam (31 USC
3729(a))
400 State Reapportionment
410 Antitrust
430 Banks and Banking
450 Commerce
460 Deportation
470 Racketeer Influenced and
Corrupt Organizations
480 Consumer Credit
490 Cable/Sat TV
850 Securities/Commodities/
Exchange
890 Other Statutory Actions
891 Agricultural Acts
893 Environmental Matters
895 Freedom of Information
Act
896 Arbitration
899 Administrative Procedure
Act/Review or Appeal of
Agency Decision
950 Constitutionality of
State Statutes

V. ORIGIN (Place an “X” in One Box Only)
1 Original
Proceeding

2 Removed from
State Court

3

Remanded from
Appellate Court

4 Reinstated or
Reopened

5 Transferred from
Another District

6 Multidistrict
Litigation Transfer
(specify)
Cite the U.S. Civil Statute under which you are filing (Do not cite jurisdictional statutes unless diversity):

8 Multidistrict
Litigation Direct File

28 U.S.C. §1332

VI. CAUSE OF ACTION Brief description of cause:
Negligence

VII. REQUESTED IN
COMPLAINT:
VIII. RELATED CASE(S)
IF ANY
DATE

CHECK IF THIS IS A CLASS ACTION
UNDER RULE 23, F.R.Cv.P.
(See instructions):

CHECK YES only if demanded in complaint:
Yes
No
JURY DEMAND:

DEMAND $

JUDGE Janis L. Sammartino

DOCKET NUMBER 3:12-cv-03032-JLS-JLB

SIGNATURE OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD

s/ Charles A. Bonner

08/18/2017
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
RECEIPT #

AMOUNT

APPLYING IFP

JUDGE

MAG. JUDGE

Attachment to Civil Case Cover Sheet
The PLAINTIFFS:
1.) Dustin Bartel;
2.) Nolan R Allen;
3.) Andrew Anderson;
4.) Jeffrey Armstrong;
5.) Jessica Barlow;
6.) Beatrice Barthelemy;
7.) Samathan Bregant;
8.) Jennifer Boyle
9.) Jonathan Burbach;
10.) Adriana Cabarcas;
11.) Derek Cambridge;
12.) Camry Campbell;
13.) Alexandra Campos ;
14.) Christopher Carr ;
15.) Ashley Chitty;
16.) Ashley Cochran;
17.) Christopher Coleman;
18.) Patrick Crespo;
19.) Brian Cross;
20.) Donald H. Dellinger;
21.) Olivia Dimas;
22.) Matthew Donaldson;
23.) Brian Drawlins;
24.) Corey Drewbell;
25.) Andrea Eisenhower;
26.) Eric I. Epps;
27.) Jason Ferguson;
28.) Justine Fraley;
29.) Ruth Freeman;
30.) Cyrinthia Hambley;

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Michael Harvey;
Joseph Kyle Henry ;
Marty Hill;
Mitchell Hodges;
John Wesley Hyatt;
Kevin Jacobson;
Justin Jaehnig;
Nicholas Kovachev;
Melissa Lester;
Lawrence Levan ;
Joe Lewis;
Scott Lieng;
Arnulfo Limon;
Alvin Magno;
Francisco Jr. Marigundo;
Chad Martins;
Edward Mello;
Brandon Montgomery;
Christopher Morin;
Jonathan Muldowney;
Eion Nelson;
Robert Ochoa;
Glenn Ofori;
Luke Opyd;
Tim Palmer;
Joshua Peoples;
Alejandro Perez;
Clinton Ramsiare;
Jacob Reed;
Balthazar Reforsado;
Angelina Reyna;
Quentin Richardson;

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William E. Rigby;
Lydia Salgado;
Jerrid Sevart;
Quincy Shepherd;
Carl Slaubaugh;
Gregory Smith;
Mellony Snyder;
Justin Steinmetz;
Amanda Stemen;
Ronald Stemen;
Lowell Stewart;
Janice Stewart;
Daniel Strohl;
Jose Suero;
Randy Valentin;
Gabriel Vasquez;
Shawn Velasquez;
Robert Venable;
Robert Venable;
Patrick Walton;
Bridget Waters;
Tim White;
Christopher Woods;
Derek Yoda;
Edward Zimmerman;
Alexander Tidd;
Contrail Allen;
Matthew Anderson;
Matthew Ayres;
Daniel Barbiero;
Logan Black;
Shanee Brown;

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Carissa Clark;
Jaime Clavito;
Jestine Clayton ;
Jeff Cook;
Michael Cross;
Joshua Cunningham ;
Lawrence Edwards;
Edward Eluere;
Ramon Jr. Enciso;
Marlon Francis;
Steven Gardner;
Rodolfo Guerra;
Tymeshia Guidry;
Cecilia Gutierrez;
Haldane Hamilton;
Darren Hanson;
Martin Hitson;
William Holt;
Nancy Jackson;
Roderick Jessamy;
Matthew Knaust;
Ryan Kunin;
Rene Landeros;
Michael Leland;
Stewart Lowell;
Adrian Lucina;
Edwin Maher;
Francis Marlon;
Ryan McLaughlin;
Jeremy Michaud;
Garrett Nelson;;
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Brian Rawley;
Devin Ritchey;
Cesar Salgado;
Tiffany Schad;
Brett Schmidt;
Michelle Scott;
Joshua Segree;
Gregory Smith;
Crystal Souder;
James Souder;
Kyle Spurlock;
Ronald L. Stemen;
Nicholas Swann;
Luis Torres;
Casey Tucker;
Donald Vorhees;
Brittney Wachner;
Carolyn Felix White;
Eloi Whiteman;
Brandon Zacharie;
Monty Jr Barham;
Esmeralda Kopka;
Byron Sy;
Annette Luckey Individually And As The Administrator Of
The Estate Of Danyelle Luckey deceased;
Derrick Luckey;
Grace Eunae Park Individually And As The Administrator
Of The Estate Of Josh Park;
Kirk Godair Individually And As The Administrator Of The
Estate Of RUBY PEREZ deceased;
Rachel Mendez
C. G. (a minor through her guardian ad litem Kirk Godair)

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Teresa Ready Individually And As The Administrator Of
The Estate Of Jesse Ready deceased;
Janeth. Masinde Individually And As The Administrator Of
The Estate Of Brenda Downing deceased