Tampa Bay Health Partners, LLC v. Diversus Management, Inc., 8:17-cv-2922-T-26JSS. (2018)
Court: District Court, M.D. Florida
Number: infdco20180223c15
Visitors: 4
Filed: Feb. 22, 2018
Latest Update: Feb. 22, 2018
Summary: ORDER RICHARD A. LAZZARA , District Judge . UPON DUE AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the procedural history of this case, together with Plaintiff's submission, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim (Dkt. 18) is denied. In the Court's view, Defendant's counterclaim is nothing more than an extension of the affirmative defenses alleged in Defendant's seventeenth and eighteenth affirmative defenses. Count one of the counterclaim alleging breach of contract
Summary: ORDER RICHARD A. LAZZARA , District Judge . UPON DUE AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the procedural history of this case, together with Plaintiff's submission, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim (Dkt. 18) is denied. In the Court's view, Defendant's counterclaim is nothing more than an extension of the affirmative defenses alleged in Defendant's seventeenth and eighteenth affirmative defenses. Count one of the counterclaim alleging breach of contract p..
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ORDER
RICHARD A. LAZZARA, District Judge.
UPON DUE AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the procedural history of this case, together with Plaintiff's submission, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that Plaintiff's Motion to Dismiss Counterclaim (Dkt. 18) is denied. In the Court's view, Defendant's counterclaim is nothing more than an extension of the affirmative defenses alleged in Defendant's seventeenth and eighteenth affirmative defenses. Count one of the counterclaim alleging breach of contract pursuant to section 8.2 of the parties' agreement is nothing more than a more detailed recitation of the facts supporting the seventeenth affirmative defense of offset based on the same section. The same analysis applies to count two of the counterclaim alleging indemnification under section 9.2 of the parties' agreement. That count likewise contains more detailed factual allegations related to the eighteenth affirmative defense requesting full indemnification under the same section of the parties' agreement. Consequently, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(c), the Court will treat the counterclaim as more appropriately designated as an extension of the affirmative defenses alleged in Defendant's seventeenth and eighteenth affirmative defenses.1
DONE AND ORDERED.
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1. The Court notes that Plaintiff has not sought to strike these affirmative defenses pursuant to Rule 12(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. However, such a motion would be summarily denied under the analysis employed in United States v. MLU Servs., Inc., 544 F.Supp.2d 1326, 1330 (M.D. Fla. 2008).
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