State ex rel. Werlein v. Ellis

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• finding that a complaint was not a shotgun pleading where it was “implausible” that the defendant was “unable to ascertain the claims being lodged against it and the grounds upon which those claims rest[ed]”
• noting that litigants sometimes incorporate by reference all preceding paragraphs “to plead their claims as broadly as possible so as to avoid constraining the universe of facts on which a given claim might rely”
• determining the sufficiency of plaintiffs’ agency allegations by analyzing the facts “concerning the depth and breadth of [the alleged principal’s] purported control over [the alleged agent]”
• in assessing the defendant’s Rule 12(e) motion, the court considered its notice of appearance in the case and previously filed stipulation, as both evidenced the defendant’s knowledge of the plaintiff’s claims
• “While the Eleventh Circuit has made its disdain for ‘shotgun’ pleadings abundantly clear, dismissal of the complaint should be reserved for only the most egregious cases where it is virtually impossible to know which allegations of fact are intended to support which claim(s

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