Honest to goodness, if Rip Van Winkle didn’t wake up and file the Amended Answer for defendant Forensic Analysis and Engineering, it’s difficult to account for many of 67 defenses (yes, 67!).
New to the case or not, any Statue of Limitations that might apply would not consider the date an attorney makes an appearance; but, that’s only date that might, just might, be beyond some limit.
FIFTH DEFENSE
Some or all of the claims may be barred by the applicable statutes of limitations.
Like many of the defenses, the fifth had no supporting citation. In those defenses with a citation, the reference was broad with no information on how it might apply. For example:
THIRTY-SECOND DEFENSE
Some or all of the claims are barred by public policy.
A particularly bewildering defense are the many related to punitive damages beginning with defense thirteen and continuing through defense twenty-six save the one exception, defense twenty-five.
THIRTEENTH DEFENSE
Punitive damages violate the due process, equal protection, and excessive fines clauses of the constitutions of the United States of America and the State of Mississippi.
What makes the twelve punitive damage defenses so bewildering is that no punitive damages are sought. Continue reading “Rip Van Winkle fills and files “kitchen sink” in Rigsby Qui Tam”