Pisiechko v. Diaddorio

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• by failing to answer to new matter, averments were treated as admitted; judgment on the pleadings entered in favor of the defendant
• affirmative defenses may be raised as a new matter to a complaint, which, “taking all of the allegations of the complaint to be true, is nevertheless a defense to the action.”
• “In the instant case, plaintiff’s failure to answer New Matter permitted the lower court to treat the averments contained therein as admitted, and therefore, a judgment on the pleadings was properly entered.”

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