HOFMANN v. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES et al

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HOFMANN v. PHILADELPHIA EAGLES et al

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Case 2:06-cv-01252-MAM

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LOZIER LAZZARO & SWEETSER DANIEL S. SWEESER, ESQUIRE (PA ID 63776) 4065 QUAKERBRIDGE ROAD, SUITE 102 PRINCETON JUNCTION, NJ 08550 609-799-5700 609-799-5393 (FAX) ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ____________________________________ : JOY HOFMANN, : : Civil No. Plaintiff, : : vs. : : COMPLAINT PHILADELPHIA EAGLES, : AND JURY DEMAND SPORTSERVICE CORPORATION and : DELAWARE NORTH COMPANIES, : : Defendants. : ____________________________________:

Plaintiff, Joy Hofmann residing in Ewing, New Jersey for her complaint says: STATEMENT OF JURISDICTION AND VENUE This Court has diversity jurisdiction over this personal injury action. Plaintiff is a resident of the State of New Jersey. Defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club is a corporation with its principal place of business located in Philadelphia. Defendant SportService Corporation is believed to have a principal place of business located in Philadelphia. Defendant Delaware North Companies is believed to have a principal place of business located in Philadelphia. The matter in controversy exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum specified by 28 U.S.C. § 1332. All events giving rise to this action occurred in Philadelphia. Accordingly, jurisdiction and venue of this action in the Eastern District is proper.

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FIRST COUNT 1. On October 31, 2004, plaintiff Joy Hofmann was a business invitee of defendant

Philadelphia Eagle Football Club. 2. On this date, plaintiff was lawfully upon the defendant's premises known as the

Lincoln Financial Field for the purpose of attending a football game between the Eagles and the Baltimore Ravens. 3. Defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club owed a special duty to plaintiff to

provide her with a safe environment to enjoy the football game. 4. While plaintiff was en route to her seat in defendant's stadium, she was

negligently struck from the side by a hand truck owned and operated by an employee of defendant SportService Corporation and/or defendant Delaware North Companies. 5. At all relevant times, defendants SportService Corporation and Delaware North

Companies were contracted by defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club to provide vending services at Lincoln Financial Field. 6. As a result of defendants' negligent striking of plaintiff with the hand truck, she

was violently thrown to the ground and caused to fracture her wrist. 7. Plaintiff's injury required surgery, may in the future require additional surgery

and she has been told by her doctors that she will never regain full motion of her wrist. 8. Defendant Philadelphia Eagles Football Club negligently failed to provide

plaintiff with a safe environment to watch the football game. 9. Defendants SportService Corporation and/or Delaware North Companies

negligently failed train and/or supervise their employees in the proper operation of a hand truck

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at the defendant, Philadelphia Eagles Football Club's stadium and/or they negligently failed to operate the hand truck in a safe manner at the time and place aforementioned. 10. As a result of defendants' negligence, plaintiff was caused to suffer serious and

permanent personal injuries, pain, emotional distress, mental anguish and other damages. WHEREFORE, plaintiff Joy Hofmann demands judgment against defendants Philadelphia Eagles Football Club, SportService Corporation and Delaware North Companies for compensatory damages, interest, counsel fees, costs of suit and all other relief that the Court deems just and equitable. JURY DEMAND

Plaintiff demands a trial by jury.

LOZIER, LAZZARO & SWEETSER, PC Attorneys for Plaintiff, Joy Hofmann

DANIEL S. SWEETSER Attorney ID No. 63776 DATED: March 22, 2006

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