Countersuit

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A civil suit initiated by a defendant to an action against the plaintiff or his attorney asserting that the original action was without reasonable or probable cause—i.e., ‘frivolous’—and motivated by malice—improper motive—or that the lawsuit ended in the favour of a physician who nonetheless suffered damage to his reputation, non-compensatory losses or other
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These counterclaims primarily consist of a claim in an preliminary amount as of today of MSEK 62, acquired from Arwidsro.
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14, 2009, letter that precipitated the defamation counterclaim. In fact, appellant alleges it first suffered a financial injury when "it was forced to spend additional funds and commit time and other resources to mitigate the damages caused as a direct and proximate result of [respondents'] errors." Accordingly, the circuit court correctly found the cause of action accrued on the date appellant reasonably ought to have discovered it was injured by Theos's letter, not when the lawsuit settled.
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The Swahns eventually sought to nonsuit their public nuisance claim but the Hussains objected, as was their right, because they had a pending counterclaim. "This forced a trial on the public nuisance count.
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The authority submitted its response to the counterclaim on Wednesday, where it denied the allegations.
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It is important though that the counterclaims were defeated and also that the judgment against Al Sanea stands," added Charlton.
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According to Nwagbara, ' The court of appeal upheld the judgement of the lower court and the appeal of STOAN was dismissed and the counterclaim of the second respondent, which is the Shippers Association Lagos State (SALS), is upheld.
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He filed a counterclaim demanding an expert be commissioned on an urgent basis to re-examine the amount.
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