| Venue: | D. Colo. |
| Facts: | Insurance company is refusing to pay a homeowner's claim, so the plaintiffs hire a lawyer. Stuff gets stalled, and they realize the lawyer is trying to get in business with the insurance company. |
| Posture: | Fire the lawyer, sue the insurance company, then sue the lawyer when they find out about the relationship and potential breach of fiduciary duty. |
| Issue: | Should the plaintiff be allowed to amend the complaint to join the lawyer as a defendant? |
| Holding: | Yes, but that destroys diversity so it's over to state court. |
| Rule: | 20(a): the claims arise out of the same series of transactions and occurrences. |
| Reasoning: | The motion was timely, in the sense that the plaintiffs couldn't have known all they needed until discovery was underwa. And we have liberal joinder. |
| Dicta: | |