In this December 2022 judgment, the court found that the insurer was entitled to rely on the time bar clause contained in the policy because the insured had not alleged in the pleadings that there were good reasons why the insured could not comply and failed to prove such allegation. The time bar clause
Pleadings
Judge unleashes tirade against prolix documents
By Patrick Bracher (ZA) on
A New York federal judge unleashed a tirade against three law firms, threatening sanctions, because of oversized filings at court “brimming with irrelevant and redundant allegations” in a trademark suit. He ordered them to trim down their pleadings to be short and plain.
The court said the voluminous pleading is self-defeating because it chokes the…