Rule 15 – Amended and Supplemental Pleadings

(a) Amendments before trial. (1) AMENDING AS A MATTER OF COURSE. A party may amend the party’s pleading once as a matter of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the...

Rule 14 – Third-party Practice

(a) When defendant may bring in third-party. At any time after commencement of the action a defending party, as a third-party plaintiff, may cause a summons and complaint to be served upon a person not a party to the action who is or may be liable to the plaintiff or...

Rule 13 – Counterclaim and Cross-claim

(a) Compulsory counterclaims. A pleading shall state as a counterclaim any claim which at the time of serving the pleading the pleader has against any opposing party, if it arises out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the opposing...