Affirmative Defenses (Rule 8, Sec. 12)

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1. Is the summary hearing in Section12(d) expressed as something the court may conduct?
2. The answer raises payment as a Rule6 affirmative defense. Counsel insists that it is itself one of Section12(a)’s five …
3. The answer raises an alleged release. The court conducts the paragraph(d) summary hearing. Counsel starts the paragraph…
4. An answer raises both improper venue and payment. Counsel says the rule necessarily provides exactly one identical summ…
5. A defendant timely pleads a release and the court considers the paragraph(d) process. The plaintiff argues that because…
6. Compare paragraph(c)’s clock with paragraph(d)’s clock where a summary hearing is conducted.
7. An answer pleads payment and release. Explain why absence from the additional five-ground list does not make these unav…
8. A defendant raises improper venue and payment together. Explain why counsel should classify them before selecting Secti…