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In a court of law, a party's claim is a counterclaim if one party asserts claims in response to the claims of another. In other words, if a plaintiff initiates a lawsuit and a defendant responds to the lawsuit with claims of their own against the plaintiff, the defendant's claims are "counterclaims." Examples of counterclaims include:
For example, in the case of "compulsory counterclaims," the defendant must assert some form of counterclaim or risk having the counterclaim barred in any subsequent proceeding. In the case of making a counterclaim, the defendant is making a motion directed towards the plaintiff claiming that he/she was injured in some way or would like to sue ...
An answer to a counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; An answer to a crossclaim; A third-party complaint; An answer to a third-party complaint; and; If the court orders one, a reply to an answer. Any other document that requests a court order is referred to as a motion.
Getty Images (2) Justin Baldoni is pushing back against the accusations made by his It Ends With Us costar Blake Lively in a lawsuit filed Tuesday, December 31. Baldoni, 40, is suing The New York ...
Schuman's attorney, Karen Barth Menzies, responded to Carter's counterclaim in a statement to People magazine, saying the singer's "approach to defend sexual assault claims is to attack the victims."
Aug. 2—MONTEVIDEO — Defendants in a civil lawsuit over land that Chippewa County is seeking for a county park have refuted the claims made against them, and filed a counterclaim.
In the U.S. legal system, service of process is the procedure by which a party to a lawsuit gives an appropriate notice of initial legal action to another party (such as a defendant), court, or administrative body in an effort to exercise jurisdiction over that person so as to force that person to respond to the proceeding in a court, body, or other tribunal.
A&E Television Networks and Lifetime Entertainment Services have brought a counterclaim against Wendy Williams' guardian Sabrina Morrissey, who sued the networks over a docuseries they released ...