Rule 2232 - Defective Joinder, Change Of Parties(a) In any case in which the defendant is required by Pa. R.Civ.P. 2232(a) to give notice of the pendency of an action to recover damages for any injury, not resulting in death, inflicted upon the person of a husband or wife or a minor, such notice shall be given by registered mail within twenty (20) days after service upon the defendant of the complaint.(b) The notice shall state the court, term, and number of the action, the parties thereto, and its nature, and that the person to whom it is addressed is required to join therein within twenty (20) days after the receipt of such notice or his or her cause of action will be barred and the action will proceed without him or her.(c) Application under Pa. R.Civ.P. 2232(b) to drop from the record a party who has been misjoined or against whom no claim for relief is asserted in the action shall be by petition and rule to show cause directed to all other parties. Alternatively, a defendant in an action against whom no claim for relief is asserted by seek dismissal of the action as it pertains to him by demurrer.(d) An application under Pa. R.C.P. 2232(c) to join as a party any other person who could have joined or have been joined as such in the action shall be by petition and rule to show cause.Amended effective November 2014.