third party practice Forum
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SKlei
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third party practice
if a defendant brings in a third party defendant, do they first have to go through rule 15?
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RPK34
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Re: third party practice
(1) Timing of the Summons and Complaint. A defending party may, as third-party plaintiff, serve a summons and complaint on a nonparty who is or may be liable to it for all or part of the claim against it. But the third-party plaintiff must, by motion, obtain the court's leave if it files the third-party complaint more than 14 days after serving its original answer.
