Brooks v. Hickman

MEMORANDUM ORDER

WEBER, District Judge.

Counsel for Defendant Parker/Hunter has filed a puzzling motion with the unwieldy title of “Motion for Leave to Join Third-Party Defendant on the Plaintiffs’ Claim and to Add a Defendant on Parker/Hunter’s Crossclaim and Counterclaim.” Although awkward titles do not violate the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, (and perhaps they should), the body of this motion reveals some fundamental confusion on the part of counsel on the Rules for pleading claims by a defendant.

First of all, the motion repeatedly refers to Defendant Parker/Hunter’s “Crossclaim”…