Question

What is an individual defendant, corporate defendant and partnership defendant. The dfederal rule of civil procedure permit encourages----------------

Answer 1

1. When one sue a business owned by an individual, then that individual is an individual defendant. When the business is owned or say being done by more than one people in partnership then those all sued in that partnership business are the partnership defendants. When there is no one as such who owns the business or say in the case of corporations when the corporations are run by the board of directors, then, in this case, the corporation is a corporate defendant.
2. The federal rule of civil procedure permit encourages narrow requests and settlements.