{"id":2026,"date":"2019-05-16T14:43:43","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T14:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/koganinjury.wpengine.com\/?page_id=2026"},"modified":"2025-03-07T14:18:04","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T19:18:04","slug":"defendants-response-in-a-boca-raton-personal-injury-case","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/defendants-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Defendant&#8217;s Response in a Boca Raton Personal Injury Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_76 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/defendants-response\/#Response_from_the_Defendant\" >Response from the Defendant<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/defendants-response\/#Filing_a_Motion_to_Strike_the_Affirmative_Defenses\" >Filing a Motion to Strike the Affirmative Defenses<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<p>If two parties in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/\">personal injury case<\/a> are unable to reach a settlement out of court, a lawsuit may be filed. Filing a lawsuit is a deceptively complicated process, involving multiple documents and a specific timeframe. In the <a href=\"\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/\">case of the Kogan &amp; DiSalvo client who fractured her ankle on a company\u2019s staircase<\/a>, no settlement was reached despite an extended period of negotiations. The defendant, a Florida-based LLC that owned the staircase which injured Kogan &amp; DiSalvo\u2019s client, refused to offer reasonable compensation throughout the settlement negotiation process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After exhausting efforts to resolve the case prior to a lawsuit, Kogan &amp; DiSalvo <strong>prepared multiple documents on behalf of the client<\/strong> for the impending court proceeding. The first was a summons, which is essentially the document that gives the court jurisdiction over the defendant. The summons was served on the defendant by a process server, along with the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The complaint is the document that lays out the allegation that plaintiff must <strong>prove <\/strong>to show that the defendant is responsible for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/injuries\/\">client\u2019s injuries<\/a> and damages. Kogan &amp; DiSalvo lawyers also served discovery requests along with the initial complaint to start to gathering information from the defendant. A plaintiff is entitled to know what documents and evidence they may use at trial ahead of time, and they may also look for other information that might be relevant to the cause of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"tel:5613759500\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(206,166,44) 0%,rgb(135,106,2) 91%)\" rel=\"\">No fee unless we win. Call us for a free no obligation consultation!<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Response_from_the_Defendant\"><\/span>Response from the Defendant<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"364\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/iStock-975593000-lawyer-signing-document.jpg\" alt=\"An attorney writing in a notebook next to a gavel and scales representing the law\" class=\"wp-image-7978\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The opposing party\u2019s response to the document that Kogan &amp; DiSalvo filed on its client\u2019s behalf in Florida was to <strong>deny liability and claim an affirmative defense<\/strong>, alleging that the plaintiff was the one who was negligent for falling down the stairs. The defendant also raised additional defenses, including blaming a third party for the negligence which caused the <a href=\"\/boca-raton-injury\/slip-and-fall-lawyer\/\">fall<\/a>. In addition, the defense claimed that the relevant medical bills were unreasonable and exaggerated. Affirmative defense, third-parties, and exaggerated medical bills are all common defenses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kogan-disalvo.com\/boca-raton-injury\/overview\/factors\/\">personal injury cases<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the time they received the summons and the complaint, the defendant has <strong>20 days<\/strong> to respond by either filing an answer to the complaint or by filing a motion to dismiss the complaint. In this case, the opposing party responded with a principle pleading, called an answer to the complaint, in which they addressed the allegations of the complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"tel:5613759500\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(206,166,44) 0%,rgb(135,106,2) 91%)\" rel=\"\">Call Now to speak with an experienced pedestrian accident attorney<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Filing_a_Motion_to_Strike_the_Affirmative_Defenses\"><\/span>Filing a Motion to Strike the Affirmative Defenses<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Kogan &amp; DiSalvo received the defendant\u2019s answer, the plaintiff\u2019s attorneys proceeded on the client\u2019s behalf by filing a motion to strike several of the affirmative defenses. In this case, the affirmative defenses were either <strong>inapplicable or the defendant did not provide ultimate facts to support those defenses<\/strong>. Instead, they simply alleged legal theories, such as the negligence of third parties, without providing any specific information. As a result, those affirmative defenses were stricken from the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Initiating a lawsuit is one of the many <strong>aspects <\/strong>of the law that may be difficult to impossible for a layman to perform without retaining counsel. If you have suffered a personal injury, the lawyers at Kogan &amp; DiSalvo could represent your legal claim at every step of the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"tel:5613759500\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(135deg,rgb(206,166,44) 0%,rgb(135,106,2) 91%)\" rel=\"\">Call Us Now for a Free Consultation<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If two parties in a personal injury case are unable to reach a settlement out of court, a lawsuit may 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