COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MIDDLESEX, SS. ******************************* PHILIP GREENSPUN, * PLAINTIFF * VS . SMYLY AUTOS, INC., DEFENDANT ****************************** DISTRICT COURT DEPARTMENT MALDEN DIVISION CIVIL ACTION NO. 9450CV872 ANSWER OF SMYLY AUTOS, INC. Now comes the defendant in the above captioned case and answers the plaintiff's complaint as follows: Defendant is without sufficient information to admit or deny this allegation. 1. Admit. 2. Deny. 3. Deny. 4. Deny. 5. Deny. 6. Defendant is without sufficient information to admit or deny this allegation. 7. Deny. 8. Deny. 9. Deny. 10. Deny. 11. Deny. 12. Deny. 13. Deny. Count I 1. Deny. 2. Deny. 3. No answer required. Count II 1. Deny. 2. Deny. 3. No answer required. Count III 1. Deny. 2. Deny. 3. Deny. 4. No answer required. Count IV 1. Defendant repeats its previous answers. 2. Admit. 3. Deny. 4. Deny. AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES 1. The complaint fails to state a claim against the defendant upon which relief can be granted. 2. The defendant says that the injuries or damage alleged was caused in whole or in part by the plaintiff's own negligence, or the negligence of the person in whose custody the plaintiff was at the time of the accident alleged in the plaintiff's complaint, and by the negligence of the person alleged to have sustained injuries. 3. The defendant says that the act or acts or omission of act or acts, alleged in the plaintiff's complaint to be negligent were committed if at all by a person for whose conduct the defendant was not legally responsible. 4. The defendant says that the injuries or damage alleged were caused in whole or in part by the violation by the plaintiff, his servants or agents, of the various statutes, ordinances and regulations governing the conduct of the parties at the time said injuries or damages were sustained. 5. The defendant says the plaintiff was contributorily negligent and that said negligence was greater than that of the defendant barring his recovery. 6. The defendant says that if it shall appear at the trial that the plaintiff sustained injuries and/or damages as alleged, then same were the result of the negligence of the plaintiff which was the cause of or a contributing cause of the alleged injuries or damage. 7. The defendant states that there has been an insufficiency of process. 8. The defendant states that there has been an insufficiency 9. The defendant says that the plaintiff has not commenced this action within the time allowed by statute for the commencement of suit. 10. The claim is barred by laches. 11. The defendant denies each and every paragraph, averment, item and matter set forth in the complaint which has not been specifically admitted. THE DEFENDANT DEMANDS TRIAL BY JURY ON ALL ISSUES. By its attorneys, Paul R. Kelley, Esq. BBO #265700 Karl D. Drews, Esq. BBO #561289 NEVILLE & KELLEY Bulfinch Square 43 Thorndike Street Cambridge, MA 02141 Phone: 617-876-7100