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JENNINGS v. EMRY

No. 89-3599.

910 F.2d 1434 (1990)

Stephen JENNINGS, D.C., Mary Jennings, Christine Jennings, David Jennings, Debbie Jennings, Lon A. Kaminsky, D.C., and Terry L. Kaminsky, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. John EMRY, Linley Pearson, Patricia Alder, Kenneth Buehrle, Dave Sylvester, Don Dombrowski, Michael A. Minglin, Thomas G. Fisher, Aaron White, Marci Beyer, Rocky McClain, Richard McCord, Donna Bays-Beinhart, James Martin, Steven Kelman, D.C., John Henry Meyers, IV, Rebecca Rouch, Robert Simonson, D.C., Ronald Kolanko, D.C., Daniel A. Lane, Richard Hendrickson, David Miller, Scott Newman, Sheldon Breskow, Mark Lundy, and Mark Devine, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 16, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Kern, Kern & Associates, Indianapolis, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert S. Spear, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., David M. Haskett, Eric A. Riegner, Locke, Reynolds, Boyd & Weisell, Terrill D. Albright, Mary J. Harmon, Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis, Ind., John Emry, Franklin, Ind., Charles S. Brown, Jr., Brown & Brown, New Castle, Ind., James A. Gothard, Lawrence B. O'Connell, Gothard and O'Connell, Lafayette, Ind., James H. Ham, III, Douglas, Dormire & Powers, Fort Wayne, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires a complaint to contain "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." FED.R.CIV.P. 8(a)(2). In this case, the statement in the Appellants' complaint is not short; rather, it is a lengthy 55 pages and 433 rhetorical paragraphs. The statement also is not plain; rather, it is prolix, disjointed, confusing, and at times unintelligible. And...

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