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645:, such as an insurance policy or their employer. If for example a defendant is in a car accident, and their insurance policy includes an indemnification clause, they can implead their insurance company to pay out the lawsuit. An impleaded party may turn around and sue the original defendant in turn, which is called a 704:
Rule 14(a)(3): The original plaintiff may now assert claims against the third-party defendant, as long as they arise out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of his claim against the third-party plaintiff. The third-party defendant must then assert any defense under Rule 12 and
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For example, in a case where a driver rear-ended another car due to faulty brakes, and is sued by the accident victim, the driver may decide to implead the repair shop where the brakes were worked on because the driver's liability derives from the repair shop's liability for their faulty repair of
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The theory is that two cases may be decided together and justice may be done more efficiently than by having two suits in a series. Otherwise, more judicial time would be used in hearing the second suit.
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and may also assert against the plaintiff any claim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiff's claim against the third-party plaintiff.
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may assert any counterclaim against the third-party plaintiff under Rule 13(b) or any crossclaim against another third-party defendant under Rule 13(g);
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Rule 14(b): When a claim is asserted against a plaintiff, he may engage in third-party practice of his own.
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Rule 14(a)(4): Any party may move to strike the third-party claim, to sever it, or to try it separately.
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may assert against the plaintiff any defense that the third-party plaintiff has to the plaintiff's claim;
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any counterclaim under Rule 13(a), and may assert any counterclaim under Rule 13(b) or any
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Rule 14(a)(1): The nonparty must be served with the third party complaint as well as a
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Rule 14(a)(5): A third-party defendant may engage in third-party practice of his own.
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against a third party not presently party to the lawsuit, who thereby becomes a
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must assert any defense against the thirdparty plaintiff's claim under Rule 12;
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Impleader is available only to defendants, not plaintiffs, unlike the similar
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Rule 14(a)(6): Special rules regarding maritime or admiralty jurisdiction.
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Rule 14(c): Special rules regarding maritime or admiralty jurisdiction.
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against the third-party plaintiff that are compulsory under Rule 13(a);
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Rule 14(a)(2): When properly served, the third-party defendant
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a third party into a lawsuit because that third party is
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action. Plaintiffs may however implead when a defendant
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Civil procedure : doctrine, practice, and context
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Index

Interpleader
Civil procedure
in the United States

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Doctrines of civil procedure
Jurisdiction
Subject-matter
Federal question
Diversity
Supplemental
Removal
Personal
In personam
In rem
Quasi in rem
Venue
Change of venue
Forum non conveniens
Pleadings
Complaint
Cause of action
Case Information Statement
Class action
2005 Act
Demurrer
Answer
affirmative defense
Reply
Counterclaim
Crossclaim
Joinder

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