Joinder - A National Overview:
When, If Ever, can Multiple Plaintiffs be Joined in a Single Suit?
November 15, 2005
About the Author
Eric Jacobi is a partner at Clay, Kenealy, Wagner & Adams PLLC, a Louisville-based plaintiff's firm. Mr. Jacobi concentrates his practice on plaintiff's mass tort, which has significantly included asbestos cases, black lung cases and chemical exposure cases. He is licensed in both Kentucky and Indiana.
"Most observers agree that there is too much litigation. . . To be specific, however, the real problem is too much duplicative litigation. . . There is simply no reason why a multiple-claim, multiple-party controversy arising within the … |
