Edward Rabatin v. Columbus Lines, Inc. And Union Carbide Corporation. Appeal of Columbus Lines, Inc

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• holding a court may raise and decide the issue of venue sua sponte
• “an action is commenced within the meaning of 23 § 405(g) when a complaint is filed with the court”
• “[P]ro se litigants in the ordinary civil case should not be treated 23 more favorably than parties with attorneys of record.”
• “Under Pennsylvania law, two actors are joint tortfeasors if their conduct “causes a single harm which cannot be apportioned ... even though [the actors] may have acted independently.”

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