N.Y. CPLR § 1002

NEW YORK CIVIL PRACTICE LAW AND RULES (CPLR) New York State | For Informational Purposes Only CPLR § 1002 Permissive joinder of parties § 1002. Permissive joinder of parties. (a) Plaintiffs. Persons whoassert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the alternativearising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series oftransactions or occurrences, may join in one action as plaintiffs if anycommon question of law or fact would arise.(b) Defendants. Persons against whom there is asserted any right torelief jointly, severally, or in the alternative, arising out of thesame transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions or occurrences,may be joined in one action as defendants if any common question of lawor fact would arise.(c) Separate relief; separate trials. It shall not be necessary thateach plaintiff be interested in obtaining, or each defendant beinterested in defending against, all the relief demanded or as to everyclaim included in an action; but the court may make such orders as willprevent a party from being embarrassed, delayed, or put to expense bythe inclusion of a party against whom he asserts no claim and, whoasserts no claim against him, and may order separate trials or makeother orders to prevent prejudice.