SMITH, Justice.
1. Under OCGA § 9-11-12 (b), all defenses (except certain enumerated motions) "shall be asserted in the responsive pleadings."
The defense raised by the appellee, Dr. Meck (a failure to attach to the complaint at the time of filing a certain affidavit) was not "asserted in the responsive pleading." Nor was that defense one of the enumerated motions.
Indeed, it was not presented, by way of amendment to the answer, until three...
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