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IN THE _________________ COURT OF ____________________________ (County), _________________________________________ (State) __________________________________________ PLAINTIFF V. CAUSE NO. ____-_____ ___________________________________________ DEFENDANT ANSWER AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES Comes now _______________________________________ , Defendant herein, and submits his answer and affirmative defenses to the allegations contained in the Complaint filed against him herein. FIRST DEFENSE Defendant would show that the Complaint fails to state a claim or cause of action against him upon which any relief can be granted. SECOND DEFENSE Defendant affirmatively alleges that any injuries that may have been sustained by Plaintiff, as alleged in Plaintiff's complaint, occurred as a direct result of Plaintiff's negligent failure to exercise ordinary care, in that Plaintiff failed to _________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ (e.g., keep a proper lookout for other vehicles). Therefore, Plaintiff's alleged injuries were caused in whole or in part, or were contributed to, by Plaintiff's own negligence, and not by any negligence of Defendant. THIRD DEFENSE And now, answering the allegations of the Complaint filed against him, paragraph by paragraph, Defendant would show the following: I. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph I of the Complaint _____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ [e.g. that Defendant is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)]. II. Defendant admits the allegations of Paragraph II of the Complaint ____________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ [e.g. that Plaintiff is an adult resident citizen of (street address, city, county, state, zip code)]. III. Defendant denies the allegations of Paragraph III of the Complaint. IV. Defendant is without sufficient knowledge or information at this time to admit or deny the allegations of Paragraph IV of the Complaint and therefore denies same. WHEREFORE, now having fully answered said Complaint, Defendant requests that said Complaint be dismissed with prejudice and that Defendant be awarded costs of this suit from Plaintiff. Respectfully submitted, ____________________________________ DEFENDANT CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, __________________________________________ (Defendant), do hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing Answer and Affirmative Defenses has been sent, via first class mail, postage prepaid, to _____________________ ____________________________ (Plaintiff) at ________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________ (street address, city, county, state, zip code). So certified, this the _____ day of _____________________, 20____. ___________________________________ DEFENDANT