Clark v. Associates Commercial Corp.
United States District Court for the District of Kansas
149 F.R.D. 629 (D. Kan. 1993)
Relevant factsFree
Clark (plaintiff) sued Associates Commercial Corp. (defendant) for damages from a forcible repossession of his tractor, which had secured a loan from Associates. An Associates employee and two people that employee hired carried out the repossession. Associates filed a third-party complaint against those individuals seeking indemnification. The third-party defendants moved to dismiss, and Clark moved to strike the third-party complaint.
IssueFree
Whether a defendant may implead a non-party who has no duty to the original plaintiff.
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