Wysowski v. Sitmar Cruises

RULING ON PENDING MOTIONS

JOSÉ A. CABRANES, District Judge:

This personal injury action, brought on a negligence theory, was commenced in the Superior Court for the State of Connecticut on November 6, 1987. Defendant removed the case to this court, on the basis of diversity of citizenship, on December 14, 1987, and filed an answer on January 28, 1988. The answer contained five “special defenses”; plaintiffs filed an “answer” to four of these and a motion to strike the fifth on September 29, 1988. Defendant did not file any opposition to the motion to strike, and on November 4, 1988, the court…