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reply to an affirmative defense in Florida

5 Florida opinions name it 1 courts 1981–2018 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Florida courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Williams v. Irickgreen
fladistctapp · 1983 · cited in 2 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1987–1988
2 sentences

1988In Re Estate of Grant, 433 So.2d 681 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983).

1987See also Williams v. Inch, 433 So.2d 681 (Fla. 5th DCA 1983); Trawick, “To Reply Or Not to Reply?,” 47 Fla.B.J. 703 (1973). 1 Accordingly, plaintiffs failure to file a reply to the affirmative defense had the effect of denying the allegations of the defense.

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Abston v. Bryangreen
fladistctapp · 1988 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018Abston v. Bryan, 519 So. 2d 1125, 1127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988); Kitchen, 404 So. 2d at 205 .

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Villarreal v. Stategreen
fladistctapp · 1987 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
1 sentence

1987A reply to an affirmative defense may be thought of as “an affirmative defense to an affirmative defense,” Reno v. Adventist Health Systems/Sunbelt, Inc., 516 So.2d 63, 64-65 (Fla. 2d DCA 1987), and [i]n order to be entitled to summary judgment it [is] incumbent upon the plaintiff to overcome [an] affirmative defense by presenting evidence sufficient to demonstrate conclusively that the issue ... raised by [the affirmative defense] was not present.... [I]f the evidence raises any doubt on an issue of material fact, or is such as will permit different reasonable inferences bearing on the existe

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FIRST MORTG., INC. v. Boulevard Nat. Bank of Miamigreen
fladistctapp · 1976 · cited in 1 Florida opinions naming this issue, 1987–1987
1 sentence

1987First Mortgage Investors v. Boulevard National Bank of Miami, 327 So.2d 830, 832 (Fla. 3d DCA 1976).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Florida. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Moore Meats, Inc. v. Strawn, in & for Seminole Cty. green
fla · 1975
2 sentences

1987The reason for a reply to an affirmative defense is noted in Moore where the Florida Supreme Court said, “This [a reply] is necessary in order to lay a predicate for ... proofs [of an avoidance of an affirmative defense] so that the parties may prepare accordingly.” 313 So. 2d at 661 .

1981The rule specifically does not require a reply merely to deny the allegations of the defense or to show that the pleader lacks knowledge of the truth of those allegations." Id. at 661-662 .

21981–1987
Kitchen v. Kitchen green
fladistctapp · 1981
1 sentence

2018Abston v. Bryan, 519 So. 2d 1125, 1127 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988); Kitchen, 404 So. 2d at 205 .

12018–2018

Where else courts name it

FL 5 (1981–2018) IL 3 (1979–2024) CO 2 (1977–2018)

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