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A common example is a bdocHub of contract action, where a prospective plaintiff was damaged by another partys failure to fulfill its contractual obligation(s). In such a circumstance, a prospective plaintiff has six years from the bdocHub of contract to timely bring his or her action.
You may claim that there was a mistake in the contract that renders it invalid. Maybe you are claiming that the other party concealed facts that were material to the contract. You can also claim that you did not have the capacity to consent to the contract.
Self-defense, entrapment, insanity, necessity, and respondeat superior are some examples of affirmative defenses.
Asserting an Affirmative Defense: An Example First, find the elements of the defense you want to assert. Statutes and appellate cases are good resources for this. Then, state any facts in your own case that make up the elements of that defense.
The party raising the affirmative defense has the burden of proof on establishing that it applies. Raising an affirmative defense does not prevent a party from also raising other defenses.
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Affirmative defenses must be timely filed in the pleadings, or the right to assert them may be waived. POL; Court Opinions. If a defendant elects to file a pre-answer motion to dismiss, affirmative defenses may be raised at that point.
If you file an Answer to the lawsuit and defend yourself in court, you can state an affirmative defense. You can deny what the plaintiff says you did without saying anything else. But you can also have affirmative defenses. You must raise it in your Answer or you may give up your right to bring it up later.

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