William H. Grant v. Preferred Research, Inc., a Georgia Corporation

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• holding that the defendant did not waive an affirmative defense despite first raising it in a motion for summary judgment one month before trial
• holding that the district court did not err by addressing the merits of the defendant’s statute of limitations defense, even though defendant failed to plead it as required by Rule 8(c
• stating that where a plaintiff received notice of an affirmative defense by some means other than pleadings the defendant’s failure to comply with Rule 8(c) does not prejudice the plaintiff
• finding no error where the district court considered an affirmative defense first raised in a motion for summary judgment filed one month before trial
• finding no prejudice when the defense was asserted for the first time in a summary judgment motion one month before trial
• finding no prejudice when the defense was asserted for the first time in a summary judgment motion one month before trial

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