§ Rule 4.1 Time to assert various claims

Rule 4.1. Time to assert various claims

    A plaintiff may assert a claim against a third-party defendant within twenty days after service on him of a copy of the third-party petition. Thereafter he must obtain leave of court.

    A third-party defendant may assert a claim against the plaintiff within twenty days after he has been served with a third-party petition. Thereafter he must obtain leave of court.

    A party shall serve his reply to a counterclaim in an answer to a third-party petition or in an answer to a cross-claim within twenty days after service of the pleading containing the counterclaim.