Practice question
A defendant genuinely lacks sufficient knowledge of an allegation and makes a denial in the manner Rule 8 authorizes. The plaintiff says every lack-of-knowledge statement automatically admits the fact. Which is sound?
- Every authorized lack-of-knowledge denial is automatically an admission.
- The actual Rule 8 requirements and circumstances must be examined; that authorized form is not universally ineffective.
- Rule 8 recognizes no such denial form.
- The court must treat all answers as confessions.
- The defendant’s knowledge circumstances can never matter.
Legal references
- Laqui v. Sagun, G.R. No. 271967, November 4, 2024, main decision, judgment on pleadings before pretrial and specific denials: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/nov2024/gr_271967_2024.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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