Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 17, April 27, 2024
Rule 2231 - Effect of joinder; practice in general(a) The joinder of parties shall not be deemed to unite for jurisdictional purposes amounts in controversy claimed severally, separately or in the alternative by or against the respective parties plaintiff and defendant.(c) The trial of an action in which parties have joined or have been joined under Rules 2228 and 2229 shall be conducted as if independent actions between such parties had been consolidated for trial.(d) Except as otherwise provided by these rules, the joinder of parties in any action shall not affect the procedural rights which each party would have if suing or sued separately, and the verdicts and judgments entered therein shall be joint, several or separate according to the nature of the right or liability therein determined.(e) If two or more defendants are joined under Rule 2229 (d), the plaintiff shall not be permitted to discontinue or enter a nolle prosequi or a voluntary nonsuit as to any defendant primarily liable to the plaintiff unless the plaintiff also does so as to all defendants secondarily liable to the plaintiff for the default of such defendant.The provisions of this Rule 2231 adopted June 7, 1940, effective 2/5/1941; amended June 23, 1975, effective immediately, 5 Pa.B. 1819; amended April 12, 1999, effective 7/1/1999, 29 Pa.B. 2274; amended May 30, 2001, effective 7/1/2001, 31 Pa.B. 3184.