I. (a) PLAINTIFFS 

JOSEPH POLICARPIO 

(b) County of Residence of First Listed Plaintiff Contra Costa_ County 

(EXCEPT IN U.S. PLAINTIFF CASES) 

(C) Attorneys (Firm Name, Address, and Telephone Number) 

Douglas A. Prutton (SBN 118300); Law Offices of Douglas 

A. Prutton; 1866 Clayton Road, Suite 109, Concord, 

CA 94520; 925-677-5080 

DEFENDANTS 

ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., et al. 

County of Residence of First Listed Defendant Tarrant 

(IN US PLAINTIFF CASES ONLY) 

NOTE IN LAND CONDEMNATION CASES, USE THE LOCATION OF 

THE TRACT OF LAND INVOLVED 

Attorneys (If Known) 

Andrew M. McNaught (SBN 209093) and Selyn Hong (SBN 303398); 

Seyfarth Shaw LLP; 560 Mission St., Suite 3100 

San Francisco, CA 94105; 415-397-2823 

II. BASIS OF JURISDICTION (Place an "X" in One Box Only) 

ij 1 U S Government 0 3 Federal Question 

Plaintiff (US. Government Not a Party) 

0 2 U S Government 171 4 Diversity 

Defendant — (Indicate Citizenship of Parties in Item III) 

III. CITIZENSHIP OF PRINCIPAL PARTIES (Place an "X" in One Box for Plaintiff 

(For Diversity Cases Only) and One Box for Defendant) 

PTF DEF PTF DEF 

Citizen of This State 

Citizen of Another State 

Citizen or Subject of a 

Foreign Country 

• I ri I Incorporated or Principal Place 

of Business In This State 

O 2 ci 2 Incorporated and Principal Place 

of Business In Another State 

O 3 0 3 Foreign Nation 

O 4 0 4 

O 5 0 5 

• 6 0 6 

JS-CAND 44 (Rev 07 16) CIVIL COVER SHEET 

The JS-CAND 44 civil cover sheet and the information contained herein neither replace nor supplement the filing and service of pleadings or other papers as required by law, 

except as provided by local rules of court. This form, approved in its original form by the Judicial Conference of the United States in September 1974, is required for the Clerk of 

Court to initiate the civil docket sheet. (SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON NEXT PAGE OF THIS FORM.) 

IV. NATURE OF SUIT (Place an "X" in One Box Only) 

I CONTRACT TORTS FORFEITURE/PENALTY BANKRUPTCY OTHER STATUTES I 

IF 110 Insurance lir 120 Marine 

1 130 Miller Act U 140 Negotiable Instrument 

Of 150 Recovery of Overpayment 

Of Veteran's Benefits 

151 Medicare Act 

_ 152 Recovery of Defaulted 

Student Loans 

(Excludes Veterans) 

153 Recovery of Overpayment 

of Veteran's Benefits 

1 160 Stockholders' Suits 

PI 190 Other Contract 

II 195 Contract Product Liability 

Iff 196 Franchise 

PERSONAL INJURY 

or 310 Airplane 

II 315 Airplane Product 

Liability 

R 320 Assault, Libel & 

Slander 

330 Federal Employers' 

Liability 

MI 340 Marine 

IR 345 Marine Product 

Liability 

' 350 Motor Vehicle 

t1 355 Motor Vehicle 

Product Liability 

U 360 Other Personal 

Injury 

1 362 Personal Injury - 

Medical Malpractice 

PERSONAL INJURY 

D365 Personal Injury— 

Product Liability 

D367 Health Care/ 

Pharmaceutical 

Personal Injury 

Product Liability 

D368 Asbestos Personal 

Injury Product 

Liability 

PERSONAL PROPERTY 

n370 Other Fraud 

L _1 371 Truth in Lending 

L ,380 Other Personal 

Property Damage 

[7,385 Property Damage 

Product Liability 

1625 Drug Related Seizure 

of Property 21 USC § 881 

ME 690 Other 

0422 Appeal 28 USC § 158 

0423 Withdrawal 

28 USC § 157 

U 

R 

Ill 

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• 

• 

• 

II 

375 False Claims Act 

376 Qui Tam (31 USC 

§ 3729(a)) 

400 State Reapportionment 

410 Antitrust 

430 Banks and Banking 

450 Commerce 

460 Deportation 

470 Racketeer Influenced and 

PROPERTY RIGHTS 

20 Copyrights 

30 Patent 

40 Trademark 

LABOR SOCIAL SECURITY 

• 

1 

U 

1 

1 

111 

U 

Corrupt Organizations 

480 Consumer Credit 

490 Cable/Sat TV 

850 Securities/Commodities, 

Exchange 

890 Other Statutory Actions 

891 Agricultural Acts 

893 Environmental Matters 

895 Freedom of Information 

1:1710 Fair Labor Standards 

Act 

• 720 Labor/Management 

Relations 

R 740 Railway Labor Act 

1f 751 Family and Medical 

Leave Act 

NI 790 Other Labor Litigation 

• 791 Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act 

61 HIA (1395ff) 

62 Black Lung (923) 

63 DIWC/DIWW (405(g)) 

64 SSID Title XVI 

65 RSI (405(g)) 

REAL PROPERTY CIVIL RIGHTS PRISONER PETITIONS FEDERAL TAX SUITS Act 

'U870 Taxes (U.S. Plaintiff 

or Defendant) 

0871 IRS—Third Party 

26 USC § 7609 

U 

U 

11. 

896 Arbitration 

899 Administrative Procedure 

Act/Review or Appeal of 

Agency Decision 

950 Constitutionality of 

State Statutes 

1 210 Land Condemnation 

R 220 Foreclosure 

MI 230 Rent Lease & Ejectment 

. 240 Torts to Land 

111 245 Tort Product Liability 

1 290 All Other Real Property 1 

U 

Pi 

440 Other Civil Rights 

441 Voting 

442 Employment 

443 Housing/ 

Accommodations 

445 Amer. w/Disabilities— 

Employment 

446 Amer. w/Disabilities— 

Other 

448 Education 

Habeas Corpus: 

A 463 Alien Detainee 

A 510 Motions to Vacate 

Sentence 

U 530 General 

535 Death Penalty 

Other: 

In 540 Mandamus & Other 

• 550 Civil Rights 

III 555 Prison Condition 

Or 560 Civil Detainee— 

Conditions of 

Confinement 

IMMIGRATION 

X 462 Naturalization Application 

IN 465 Other Immigration 

Actions 

V. ORIGIN (Place an ''X" in One Box Only) 

0 1 Original 2 Removed from n 3 Remanded from 

Proceeding — State Court — Appellate Court 

0 4 Reinstated or 

Reopened 0 5 Transferred from 

Another District 

(if) 

n 6 Multidistrict 8 Multidistrict 

Litigation—Transfer Litigation—Direct File