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M.D. Pa. L.R. 39.4
Civil Trials, Order of Summation in Third-Party Action
In actions which involve a third-party action and if evidence has been presented by each
party, the plaintiff's attorney shall first sum up as in Local Rule 39.3. Defendant's attorney shall
next sum up for defendant as in Local Rule 39.3 and, for defendant as third-party plaintiff, shall
state explicitly upon what he or she relies against the third-party defendant. The attorney for
the third-party defendant shall next sum up as the nature of his or her third-party defense may
require. The attorney for third-party plaintiff may then reply in rebuttal and thereafter the
attorney for the original plaintiff may reply in rebuttal only of original defendant.
Provenance
- Source
- www.pamd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
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3b766639f402f3dfa172f51508926cd2f77b3a02c3c6df9614cdefc2910288ba
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