Myers v. Highway 46 Holdings, L.L.C.

Mr. Webster defines “prolix” as being “unduly prolonged or drawn out” or “given to verbosity and diffuseness in speaking or writing,” and “prolixity” as “the quality or state of being prolix.” Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary 681 (1969). If one would truly seek to understand prolixity, however, one would want to review the second amended counterclaim and cross-claim filed by the appellants, Michael Myers and Jacqueline Myers, in this case. The document spans an impressive 226 pages, 36 counts, and 901 paragraphs.1 When the trial court considered, and ultimately granted with…