ML19241C102

Forwards Three Suits Filed Re Tmi:Buchart Vs Met Ed,Civil Action 70-832;Pancake House Realty Co Vs Met Ed,Civil Action 79-850 & Cuts N Stuf Vs Met Ed,Civil Action 79-796

ML19241C102
Person / Time
Site:	Crane
Issue date:	07/20/1979
From:	Carrier W AMERICAN NUCLEAR INSURERS
To:	Saltzman J Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7907260684
Download: ML19241C102 (21)

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BURT C. PROO M.CPCU Prescent July 20,1979 Mr. Jerome Saltzman, Deputy Chief Office of Antitrust & Indemnity Directorate of Licensing U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington D.C.

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Three Mile Island

Dear Jerry:

Three new suits have been filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Copies of complaints filed in each are enclosed for your file as follows:

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Ronald E. Buchart versus Metropolitan Edison, et al -- Civil Action #79-832 2.

Pancake House Realty Company, !nc. versu:: Metropolitan Edison, et al -- Civil Action d79-850 3.

Cuts N' Stuf versus Metropolital Edison, et al -- Civil Action

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YWilliam C. Carrier Claims Counsel WCC/pbs Enclosures

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The plaintiff, Ronald E. Euchart, trad:n3 ar 2;euberry Far:ns, operates a business establishment loca ed on R.D.9l, York Haven, Pennsylvania 17370.

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Jurisdiction is based upon 42 U.S.C.A. 2210 et seq.

and the amount in centroversy exceeds Ten Thousand ($10,000.00)

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Service of process upon the defendants herein has a

1a been made pursuant to F.R.C.P. 4(e) aM Title 42 of the 1

Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated, Sections 5322 and 5323.

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The ent;siens of radiation into the envircar.ent I

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Ho.sver, d ue to the uncertainty created by the con-

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dangers of radiation c:cposure and the potential for a 1

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Plant.

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The defendants all contributed to the construction, maintenance and operation of the Three Mile Island :!uclear F Power Plant and its cocponent parts.

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The damages sustained by the plaintiff vere caused I by the negligence, carelessness, recklessness, villfulresa cnd

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(a) in failing to properly design the said nuclaar power plant (Three Mile Island) and its corponent parts; 1

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refendants kneti or in '.he 'xercise of ordinar/ care had reasca to knoti of the dangerous 3f fec ts of its nuclear pcuer plant.

11. The said nuclear power plant and its ccr.penent compositional parts were under the sole and exclusive possession f

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Defendants operated said nuclear pcwer plant and its i" componen ;. parts in a defective ccndition unre asonably 2npreus i

to the plaintiff's property and hart was thereby caused to

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(d) The defendan:, General Publi: U t il itic s, is a Pennsylrania corporation with of fices 1:cated at 260 Cherry Hill Road, Parsippany, ::eu Jersey 07031 (e) The de fendant, Jersey Cen:ral ?v.;er and Light Ca.

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( f) The de fendant, Catalytic, Inc. is a Pennsylvania corporation witn offices located at 1500 Market Street, Centre

.iquare West, Phila de lphia, Pa. 19102.

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Jurisdiction is based upon 42 U.S.C.A 2210 et seq.

and the amount in controverst exceeds Ten Thousand (S10,000.00)

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. Service o f proce s s upon the da:endants herein has been made pursuant to F.R.C.F. 4(e) and Title 42 of the Pennsylvania Can olidated 3:a:utas Annotated, Sections 5322 and 3 :,~ a.

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Ho::ever, due to the uncertain v created bv the con-I flicting statenents of the

'e fendants ' spokepersons and state and local and national pverrent spokepersons regarding the I

dan ;ers of radiation e:cposure and the potential for a catastrophic radiation e.gosure, large numbers o f 'ndividuals I

evacuated the area surrcundin; Three M1le Island.,u: lear Power l

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The d2 a;;es sustained by the plainti"f :eere caused i

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( f) in failing to warn the plaintiff of the defects in sai: nu: lear pcwer plant;

(;) in failing to enarcise ;ue care in the engineer.

in;, compositi:n, desi;n, construction and operation of said nuclear power plant; (h) in failing to exercise the hi;h standard of care required in the operation of an ultrahazardou s activity (i.e.

a nuclear pcuer plant).

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Defendants kneu or in the exercise of crdinary care had reason to know of the dangerous effects of its nuclear pouer plant.

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The said nuclear power plant and its conponent t

I conpositional parts were under the sole and exclusive possession and control of the defendants, while it uas bein; engineered, i

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its conponent parts in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous to the plaintiff's property 2nd harm :as thereby caused to the plaintiff.

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the nuclear po:er plant aithout substantial cha;.;e in the conditica in which they. car 2 casi;ned, ra nu : 2 :u re d, constru: ed and 3013.

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i the standards of Section '02A of the Fes~' a en-o# Tarts (II).

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t business has suffered irreparable economic losses which include but I

are not limited to lest operating tima and loss of sales and l

service.

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Further, as a direct result of the de fendants' ccaduct the public interest in shopping in the area surrounding i

! the Thr:e Mile Island !!uclear Plant area has been so reduced I

that the plaintiff will ne ~r recover frem the econcmic loss.

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Furthar, due to the e:::raordinary ne;1igence en the part af the defendants and in cie:. o f tne irrepara' ale ccenomic loss suffered by the plaintiff, the plaintiff demands tha:

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against the ce fendants by tha plaintif f for economic losses in an amount in excess of Ten Th0usand (510,:00.00) Collars as well as punitive damages in an arcunt in e:cce ss o f Ten Thousand '

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