1 Dan W. Goldiinc
Jason Vanacour
2 Sr~u;1._.1. & Wi1sM|_-;R,l...l..1". .; .- _
Onc Arizona Ccntcr `- .
3 400 IE. Van Burcn _.._ =
`Phocnix, AZ 8500¢l—2202 - -‘``‘ " .§ `'·,‘‘ , , _
4 Tcl: (602) 382—6000 / [lax: (602) 382—6070 .- _ _ ‘ "`)‘` -`:- {
[email protected] ` ‘ --;
5 [email protected] · I .-
6 Attorncys for Plaintii"i7“l"l1ird—-`F'arty Dclcndant, Mewirczgusz Corporation · l
and 'l"hird—Pa.rty `Dclcndanls, Steve Hinton, Jolm Lrmnlon and LezrrySar.1y
7
8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA
10 l\/lcritagc llomcs Corporation, a l\/laryland CASE NO. CV 04—0384—PH`X-ROS
Corporation, liormcrly d/b/a Mcriiagc
ll Corporation, lla·ncock-MTH Builders, lnc..
an Arizona Corporation, .1 lanc-ock—l\/{Tl I ACCEPTANCE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS
12 Communitics, Inc., a.n Arizona Corporation,
and currcntly d/b/a Mcritagc Homcs
13 Construction, Inc., an Arizona. Corporation, (Assigncd to thc I-lonorablc Roslyn O. Silvcr)
and Mcritagc Hoincs of Arizona, inc., an
14 Arizona Corporation,
15 l’lainlil`|’s,
v.
16
· Ricky Lcc Hancock and Brenda Hancock,
l_7 husband and wi;I`c, Grcgory S. llancock and
Linda Hancock, husband and wi‘l’c, Rick
18 Hancock. Homcs, i...I-..C., an Arizona limitcd
f liability company, .RL`l-I I.)cvcloprncnt,
Q 19 L.I..C., an Arizona limitcd liability
_ co1njpa·ny; and .I2I I2. l,.l..C., an Arizona
20 liinitcd liability company,
E 2 I Dc lcndants.
· QQ, Grcg llanciickicni individual, I I I
23 Dclbndant. Countcrclaiinant,
and "l`hird—Party Plaintil°|‘§
24
v.
25
Stcvcn QI. l---lilton, an individual; John R. Landon,
26 an individual; Lany W. Scay, an individual; and
Sncll & Wilmcr, I...l`..P., an Arizona prolcssional
27 corporation, _
23 Third-—Party Dclcndants.
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1 Rick and `Brenda Hancock,
2 Delendants, Counterclaimants
and 'l"hird—Party i’ia.inti.l‘ls,
3 v. .
4 lVIeritag,e Homes Corporation, a Maryland
Corporation, lbrmerly d/b/a l\/Ieritage Corporation,
5 I--Iancr>ck-'l\/I'".liI.··I. Bu1ldcrs,_Inc., an Arizona
corporation, llancock-l\/I'1`l· I. Communities. Inc., an
6 Arizona corporation, and currently d/b/a l\/Icritage _
I··Ioines Construction, Inc., an Arizona corporation, I
7 and l\/Ieritage llomes ol` Arizona, Inc., an Arizona
corporation; Steven .I. Hilton and Suzanne Hilton,
8 husband and wite; John R. Landon and Debi
Landon, husband and wife; Scott l<.eel`ie and Vick
9 `Kcelte, husband and wite; Roger Zetalt and Qiane
Doc Zetah, husband and wife; and James Arncson
lt) and Zane Arncson. husband and wile,
1 1 'I`hird—Party i.)efendants.
13 Meritage I--lomes Corporation, tbrmerly d/b/a l\/leritage Corporation, Hancoclq—l\/IT} ···· l Builders,
-1 21 Inc., I--Iancock~l\/I.'I`I:·I Communities. Inc., and currently d/b/a I\/Ieritage Homes Construction, Inc., and
15 l\/Ieritagc Homes ot`Ari;4ona, Inc., John R. Landon, Debi Landon, Steven .I. Ililton, Suzanne I-Iilton,
16 James Arncson, Zane Arneson, Roger Zetah, Molly Zetah, Scott Keelle and Vicky Keetie,
17 represented by I)an W. Goldfiiie, acknowledges receipt oi` a copy oi` Rick and Brenda
18 IeIancock’s Countereiaim and "l"hird—I"arty Ciaim, waives formal service of process, and agrees
19 that this action may proceed against thern, though they had been personally served within
211 the State ol`/Xrizona.
. { ''i‘ ` it it ··‘i â€
` { ~‘· "“†W L) (fit 9I\l`l`i` ` WII l\/IFR 1 I `
1- 21 Dated. -. i .. . ..._
Byr ,.,_ ......_....... .......... - ‘ C
23 Dan W. Goldtine
2 ,1 Attorneys I`or Plaintil" eritage and
_ 'l`hird—I’arty I)etendants
25 S'l"ATl.·l OF ARIZONA )
)
26 County ot` Maricopa )
27 The foregoing instrument was acknowledged bclore me this ;o"lâ€"day ot`
28 ., .......... ,.·.2t){~}6—;~byW»K.;2.tAri VU @0 \ _ `
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