Fill and Sign the General District Court an Overview for the Personal Injury Trial Lawyer Form

FORM DC-442 MASTER 05/09 GROUNDS OF DEFENSE Case No. ....................................................................... Commonwealth of Virginia Rule 7B:2 ........................................................................\ .................. TRIAL DATE AND TIME ........................................................................\ ................................................. General District Court CITY OR COUNTY ........................................................................\ ...............................................................................................................................\ ................. STREET ADDRESS OF COURT ........................................................................\ ..................................... v. ........................................................................\ .............................. PLAINTIFF DEFENDANT TO THE DEFENDANT: You are required to file with the court, and serve by mailing, a written G ROUNDS OF DEFENSE by ....................................................... DATE The plaintiff’s written B ILL OF PARTICULARS is due to be filed with the court and served by mailing by ........................................... DATE You are further required to fully state, in the numbered paragraphs below, each of the reasons/grounds why you think you do not owe the plaintiff the money or property claimed. You may attach additional paper if needed. 1. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. ____________________________________________________________________________________________ [ ] See continuation sheet. NOTICES: Failure to comply with this order may be grounds for awarding summary judgment in favor of the adverse party. Both parties must be prepared, at trial, to prove their case with admissible evidence. Up on trial, the judge may exclude evidence as to matters not described in this pleading. ....................................................................... _______________________________________________________ DATE [ ] DEFENDANT [ ] DEFENDANT’S ATTORNEY ........................................................................\ ...............................................................................................................................\ ...................................................... PRINT NAME ........................................................................\ ...............................................................................................................................\ ...................................................... ADDRESS /TELEPHONE NUMBER OF SIGNATOR DEFENDANT’S CERTIFICATE I certify I delivered or mailed a completed copy of this G ROUNDS OF DEFENSE to the clerk of this court and mailed to each attorney for the plaintiff, or to the plaintiff if not represented, this ........................... day of ........................................................................\ ..................... , 20 ......................... . __________________________________________ SIGNATURE OF [ ] DEFENDANT [ ] DEFENDANT’S ATTORNEY