Petro Group, Inc. v. Eskanian

This is an appeal by defendant Tony Eskanian (“Eskanian”) of a pretrial order striking various affirmative defenses he had filed in this commercial eviction action involving the operation of a gas station. After the defenses were struck, a second trial court judge granted summary judgment to plaintiff Petro Group, Inc. (“Petro”), at the urging of counsel for both parties, for possession of the commercial properly and for damages in the amount of $32,000.00. Eskanian did not appeal that ruling.1

Eskanian concedes in his brief that of the ten affirmative defenses struck by the *96trial court, three…