Century 21 Paramount Real Estate, Inc. v. Hometown Realty, LLC

I respectfully dissent from the main opinion. It is clear from the record that the trial court dismissed the third-party complaint filed by Century 21 Paramount Real Estate, Inc. (“Paramount”), as well as the cross-claims stemming from the third-party complaint, because the third-party defendants were improperly joined. Rule 14(a), Ala. R. Civ. P., allows a defending party such as Paramount to bring into the original action a nonparty who is or may be liable to the defending party for all or part of the plaintiffs original claims against the defending party. Specifically, Rule 14(a), Ala. R.…