andSullivanthereforesuessaidDefendantsbysuchfictitiousnames.Whenthetrue2namesandcapacitiesofsaidDefendantshavebeenascertained,Sullivanwillamendthis3Complaintaccordingly.Sullivanisinformedandbelievesandthereuponallegesthat4eachDefendantdesignatedhereinasaDoeisresponsible,negligently,intentionally,5contractually,orinsomeotheractionablemanner,fortheeventsandhappenings6hereinafterreferredto,andcausedinjuriesanddamagesproximatelytherebytoSullivan7asishereinafteralleged,eitherthroughsaidDefendants'ownwrongfulconductor8throughtheconductoftheiragents,servants,employees,representatives,officers,or9attorneys,orinsomeothermanner.
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Sullivanisinformedandbelievesandthereonallegesthat,atalltimesherein11mentioned,Defendants,andeachofthem,weretheagents,servants,employees,and/or12jointventuresoftheirco-Defendantsandwere,assuch,actingwithinthescope,course,13andauthorityofsaidagency,employment,corporatecapacity,and/orjointventure,and14thateachandeveryDefendantasaforesaid,whenactingasaprincipal,wasnegligentand15recklessintheselectionandhiringofeachandeveryotherDefendantsasanagent,16servant,employee,corporateofficer,and/orjointventure,andthateachandevery17Defendantratifiedtheactsofhisco-Defendants.
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VenueistheproperinthiscourtbecauseDefendantsoperateinits20jurisdictionalarea.Furthermore,alloraportionofDefendants'liabilityaroseinthis21County,andtheactsuponwhichthisactionisbasedoccurred,inlargepart,inLos22AngelesCounty,includingtheStaplesCenterandtheStandardHotellocatedin23downtownLosAngeles,theGuitarCenterinHollywood,andtheGreekTheater.
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9.DuringalltimesrelevanttothisComplaint,SullivanprovidedvariousservicestoLeeandhisfamily,actingasaprocurer,ManFriday,chauffer,guide,bookkeeper,attendant,door-keeper,agent,butler,valet,attendant,cook,runner,shopper,nanny,bodyguard,maid,nurseandnursemaid(hereinafter,Sullivanisoccasionally
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