- Dołączono
- 10 Mar 2019
Ok. Yes, that's true, alternate pleading just allows one defense to contradict another defense. If a defense contradicts itself, it can't be a valid defense.I'm not seeing the alternate. It's not two defenses. It's one defense, and it relies on the retraction letter being sent over 90 days after the defamation, and he testified to the retraction letter being sent no more than 79 days after the earliest defamation it addressed in the immediately preceding paragraph.
That's not alternate pleading, that's just pure stupidity.
There's a tiny four paragraph section of this required to be filed under oath that subjects you to perjury, and this dumb bastard can't even get that section right.
Nick mentioned that they're not allowed to add any defenses to their answer later, and he speculated that they cited every possible defense "just in case" they turned up anything in deposition later. Apparently they wouldn't be able to use a defense if they didn't already cite it in their original answer. I don't know if it's a Texas specific thing, but it sounded like he thought that was the reason why they tried to claim statute of limitations when the actions were clearly within limitations. Although he also said that the statute of limitations starts when the harm is incurred, which would mean when Vic got fired, which was certainly within the limit.