· 8/11/2000
Paint Shuttle, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co.
Citations
- 733 N.E.2d 513
- 2000 Ind. App. LEXIS 1211
- 2000 WL 1137457
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- to avoid waiver, defendant must include within its responsive pleading any affirmative defense it seeks to assert
- “An affirmative defense is a defense upon which the proponent bears the burden of proof . . . .”
- to avoid waiver, defendant/respondent must include within its responsive pleading any affirmative defense it seeks to assert
- “Indiana Trial Rule 8(C) provides that if a responsive pleading is necessary, the party filing the pleading must include with that responsive pleading any affirmative defense it seeks to assert.”
- “Because we believe that the extension of notice period in a ‘claims made’ policy would create an unbargained for expansion of coverage, we do not believe that [the insurer] is required to show that it was prejudiced by the untimely delay.”
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Judges: Robb, Sharpnack, Baker
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