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`ASB-FBT-CV23-6120092-S
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`CONRAD JOHNS and ELIZABETH
`JOHNS
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`VS.
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`ALFA LAVAL INC., ET UX., ET AL.
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`SUPERIOR COURT
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`JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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`OF FAIRFIELD
`AT BRIDGEPORT
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`MARCH 6, 2023
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`MOTION TO CITE IN PARTY DEFENDANT
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`The undersigned represents as follows:
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` This action was commenced by summons and complaint returnable to this Court on
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`January 03, 2023.
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`2. There are thirty (30) party defendants named in the original complaint.
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`3. The plaintiffs allege that said party defendants manufactured or supplied asbestos
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`containing products that caused the injuries for which the plaintiffs seek compensation.
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`4. Plaintiffs seek to name the ONE (1) entity listed below as an additional party defendant
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`SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC., individually and as successor to Square D
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`ORAL ARGUMENT NOT REQUESTED
`TESTIMONY NOT REQUIRED
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`5. It will be alleged that the entity below engaged in the same tortious acts or omissions
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`toward the plaintiffs as the current defendants in the case, thereby proximately causing the plaintiff’s
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`injuries.
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`Wherefore, the undersigned moves that the plaintiffs’ complaint be amended to state
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`facts showing the interests of the defendant listed below in this action, and that they be summoned to
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`appear herein as a co-defendant.
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`SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC., individually and as successor to Square D
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` THE PLAINTIFFS
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`BY: /s/438191
`Kyle R. Navin, Esq.
`Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC
`One Century Tower, Suite 1101
`265 Church Street
`New Haven, CT 06510
`(203) 777-7799
`Juris No. 409080
`Their Attorneys
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`ORDER
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`It appearing that the foregoing motion should be granted, it is hereby
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`ORDERED that on or before
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` , the plaintiffs amend their
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`complaint to state facts showing the interests of the entities listed below to appear as defendants in
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`this action on or before the second day following
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`proper officer to serve on them in the manner prescribed by law, a true and attested copy of this
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`Order, a true and attested or certified copy of the complaint in this action, as amended, and a
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`Summons-Civil Form 103.1 and due return make.
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`SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC., individually and as successor to Square D
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`BY THE COURT (
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`Clerk / Assistant Clerk
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`CERTIFICATION
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`This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing was served, via electronic mail, to all counsel of
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`record on this 6th day of March, 2023.
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`BY
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`s/438191
`Kyle R. Navin
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` IN RE: ASBESTOS LITIGATION
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`ASB-FBT-CV23-6120092-S
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`CONRAD JOHNS and ELIZABETH
`JOHNS
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`VS.
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`ALFA LAVAL INC., ET UX., ET AL.
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`SUPERIOR COURT
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`JUDICIAL DISTRICT
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`OF FAIRFIELD
`AT BRIDGEPORT
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`MARCH 6, 2023
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`MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF’S
`MOTION TO CITE IN PARTY DEFENDANT
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`The above captioned plaintiffs, pursuant to Practice Book Section 9-22, are seeking to add
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`the following one (1) additional defendant, listed on the following page, to the pending lawsuit for
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`plaintiffs’ injuries due to asbestos exposure. The plaintiffs allege that said party defendant also
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`manufactured or supplied asbestos containing products that caused the injuries for which this action
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`seeks damages.
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`All persons with an interest in the subject of an action may be joined as defendants. Conn.
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`Gen. Stat. Section 52-101. The party that plaintiffs seek to add is similarly situated to all the other
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`defendants in this pending lawsuit. All other defendants manufactured or supplied asbestos
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`containing products which caused the plaintiffs injuries and are named pursuant to the Connecticut
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`Product Liability Action (P.A. 79-483) Conn. Gen. Stat. Section 52-572m et seq.
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`Wherefore, the undersigned moves that the plaintiffs’ complaint be amended to state facts showing
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`the interests of the one (1) entity listed below, in this action, and that they be summoned to appear as
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`co-defendant.
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`SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC USA INC., individually and as successor to Square D
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`THE PLAINTIFFS
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`BY: /s/438191
`Kyle R. Navin, Esq.
`Early, Lucarelli, Sweeney & Meisenkothen, LLC
`One Century Tower, Suite 1101
`265 Church Street
`New Haven, CT 06510
`(203) 777-7799
`Juris No. 409080
`Their Attorneys
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`CERTIFICATION
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`This is to certify that a copy of the foregoing was served, via electronic mail, to all counsel of
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`record on this 6th day of March, 2023.
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` s/438191
`Kyle R. Navin
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