Permissive joinder allows multiple plaintiffs to join in an action if each of their claims arise from the same transaction or occurrence, and if there is a common question of law or fact relating to all plaintiffs'claims.
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However, while " necessary " parties must be joined if that joinder is possible, the litigation will continue without them if joinder is impossible, for example, if the court does not have jurisdiction over the party.
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However, while " necessary " parties must be joined if that joinder is possible, the litigation will continue without them if joinder is impossible, for example, if the court does not have jurisdiction over the party.
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The joinder of the two co-accused was contended to be important in order to strengthen the State's case against the accused, because it would render admissible against the accused certain additional evidence on the basis of common purpose.
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He is co-chair of the Class Action Subcommittee of the ABA s Mass Torts Committee, which addresses current and emerging issues in management aspects of mass tort litigation, including joinder of multiple parties and the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution.
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The judge dismissed the music video producers from the case by the reason of " fraudulent joinder, " as these defendants had no connection to the case and there was no justifiable reason for the plaintiff's attorneys to add them to the lawsuit .)
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Rule Joinder of Claims and Remedies states that a plaintiff who may plead in a single civil action as many claims as the plaintiff has against a defendant, even if the claims are not related, and may request any remedy to which the law entitles the plaintiff.
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He continues to write prodigiously including the " ALI / UNIDROIT Principles of Transnational Civil Procedure " which upon approval by the sponsoring organizations has become a model of civil procedure for international commercial disputes, and many articles, particularly on joinder, including class actions, and discovery.
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This lawsuit, and the one initiated by his production company Voltage Pictures for the prior film " Far Cry ", are now being contested by the ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation on the grounds that it violates personal jurisdiction laws, lack of evidence, and improper joinder.
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He also addressed the possibility that a second jury would be unable to disregard the verdict of the first by pointing out that " the chances of obtaining fair and impartial juries in two separate trials would certainly be better than attempting to seat a jury after a mistrial or a reversal and new trial as a result of prejudicial joinder ."
