Can each of the parties to the elder abuse claim be joined to the counterclaim under Rule 20 of the Elderly Abuse Act?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Fid. Nat'l Title Co. v. U.S. Small Bus. Admin., No. 2:13-cv-02030-KJM-AC (E.D. Cal. 2014):
be at issue as to each defendant in the elder abuse claim. (Id. 99.) Because "[t]he common question need not predominate," this is sufficient for permissive joinder. Lee v. Cook Cnty., 635 F.3d at 971. The court finds that each of the parties to be joined to the counterclaim may be joined under Rule 20.
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