IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA SECOND APPELLATE DISTRICT DIVISION THREE CHRISTOPHER CARPENTER, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS L. L. L. P. et al. , Defendants and Respondents. INTRODUCTION After plaintiff Christopher Carpenter suffered serious injury to his hand while working as a grip on the set of the Universal Network Television, L. L. C. (UNT) series Dragnet, he sued defendant Universal City Studios L. L. L. P. (UCS) in tort alleging that UCS was liable as the landlord of the soundstage where he was injured. Universal's Production Service Representative Bonita Chan explained that Universal and Universal Studios, Inc. are related entities, and UNT is a department within "Universal. Various of the Universal companies share the same address at Universal City Plaza. Silverstein explained that Dragnet "was a Universal show using Universal equipment on the Universal lot. "

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