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WiIlougbhyAssociates
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Plaintiff,
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WILLOUGHBY
&
ASSOCIATESW.ANTHONY
WILLOUGHBY,
ESQ,SBN137503JASON
J.
BUCCAT,ESQ.
SBN255660
DANIELLER.
CLAXTON,
ESQ.SBN
272003200CorporatePointe,Suite495CulverCity)CA90230
Tel.:
310.642.0600
Fax.:
310.642.4710
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AttorneysforPlaintiff,BRITTENY
STARLING
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No.2185P.5
FILEDBYFAX
ALAMEDACOUNTYJanuary27,2012CLERKOFTHESUPERORCOURByCatherineGeen,DeutyCASENUMBER
RG12614786
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SUPERIOR
COURTOFTHE
STATEOFCALIFORNIA
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FOR
THECOUNTYOFALAMEDA
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vs,)
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2.ZETA
PHI
BETASORORITY,INC.,aNot-for-ProfitCorporationofthe
StateofIllinois;
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PACIFICREGIONOFZPB;NUlBROWN)anIndividual;GAMMABETACHAPTER.
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OF
ZPB;
TANYA
FITZGERALD)
anIndividual;
AMBER
BOYD,anIndividual;~
MIRA.CLEHUSBAND,
anIndividual;)
CAMEO
MOTLEY,
an
Individual;RACHEL)
OWEN,
an
Individual;
IESHIA
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SHEPPHARD,anIndividual;LETITIASMITH,
an
Individual;
VICTORIA
WALL,an)
Individual;REGENTS
OF
THE)UNIVERSITY
OF
CALIFORNIA,
California)governmentalentity;
and
DOES1
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.Defendants.BIUTTENYSTARLING,
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Case
No.:
COMPLAINTFOR
DAMAGES:
ASSAULTANDBATTERY
INTENTIONALINFLICTIONOF
EMOTIONAL
DISTRESS
NEGLIGENCEPER
SE-HAZINGTN
VIOLATION
OF
CALIFORNIA
PENALCODE
§
245,6NEGLIGENCE
PLAINTIFFDEMANDSTRIAL
BYJURY
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COMESNOW
Plaintiff,BRlTTENYSTARLING.
who
herebysubmits
her
Complaint
asfollows:
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COMPLAINTFORDAMAGES
 
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INTRODUCTORYALLEGATIONS
1.PlaintiffBRlTTENYSTARLING(hereinafter
referred
toas"Plaintiff'or"STARLING"),i.andwasatalltimesmentionedherein,aresidentoftheCountyofAlameda,State
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California.2.PlaintiffisinformedandbelievesandthereonallegesthatDefendantZETAPHIBETASORORITY,INC.,C'ZPB")isanon-for-profitcorporationexistingunderthelawsofthbelievesthatZPBactsthroughitschapters,includingtheundergraduateGAMMABET
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StateofIllinois,withitsheadquartersinWashington,D.C.,andisdoingbusinessinthCountyofAlameda,StateofCalifornia.DefendantZPBisanationalorganizationwhicincludesindividualmembersatboththenational
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regionallevels,andatlocalgraduateandundergraduatechaptersthroughouttheUnitedStates.Ms.STARLINGisinformedanCHAPTERCGAMMABET
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locatedattheUniversityofCalifornia,BerkeleyC'UBerkeley").STARLlNGisinformedandbelievesthatGAMMABETAispartofthPACIFICREGION.Ms.STARLINGisinformedandbelievesthatatallrelevanttimementionedherein,PACIFICREGIONwasthespecificregionchapterresponsiblefoimonitoringandoverseeingtheactivitiesofallZPBgraduateandundergraduatechapters
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includingallactivitiesrelatingtotherecruitment,pledging,andhazingofnewmembersintthesechapters.3.Ms.STARLINGisinformedandbelievesthatatallrelevanttimesmentionedherein,ZPappointedagraduateadvisorwhowouldbelocatedincloseproximitytotheundergraduatchaptersforthepurposeofcounselingandoverseeingmembersandprospectivemembers
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ZPB.Atallrelevanttimes,STARLINGwasinformedandbelievedthatDefendantAMBERBOYDwastheGraduateAdvisorforherundergraduatechapter,GAMMABETA4,Atallrelevanttimesmentionedhere,DefendantGAMMABETAwasanunincorporatedfraternalorganization,organizedandexistingunderthelawsoftheStateofCalifornia,doinisinformedandbelievesthatGAMMABETAwasanactiveundergraduatechapterofZPbusinessinAlamedaCounty,withitsheadquartersinBerkeley.California.Ms.STARLINGandwasthespecificundergraduatechapterresponsibleformonitoringandoverseeingthactivitiesofitsZPBmembersrelatingtorecruitment,pledging,andhazingofnewmemberintotheGAMMABETA.5.Ms.STARLINGisinformedandbelievesthatatallrelevanttimesmentionedhere,ZPB,thPACIFICREGION,GAMMABETA.itsmembers,anditsagentsassistedintherecruitmentofpotentialnewmembersintotheZPBsorority,byguaranteeingtoitspotentialnemembers,includingMs.STARLING,thattherewouldbenoriskofdanger,harm,
Of
injurytanyoneparticipatingintherecruitmentandpledgingprocesstojointheZPBsorority.As
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resultoftheseguarantees,a"specialrelationship"wascreatedbetweenMs.STARLINGandZPB,thePACIFICREGION,GAMMABETA,itsmembers,anditsagentsaccordingtwhichMs.STARLINGwasassuredthatherparticipationinthepledgingprocesstobecome
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member
of
ZPBwouldnotcreateariskofdangertoherhealthandsafety.ThisspecialrelationshipcreatedadutyofcarethatZPB,thePACIFICREGION,GAMMABETA,itmembers,anditsagentsowedtoMs.STARLING,Inrelianceontheseguarantees,Ms.STARLINGagreedtoberecruited
by
GAMMABETAanddecidedtopledgeZPB.
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