Boas v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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• holding that third-party practice “does not allow the defendant to assert a separate and independent claim even though the claim arises out of the same general set of facts as the main claim.”
• holding, under since-repealed statutes, that “the University of Florida is not endowed with an independent corporate existence to be sued in its own name” and dismissing the University of Florida as an improper party
• subsequent entry of summary judgment as to claims against remaining defendant cured premature notice of appeal
• Rule 14 allows a third- party claim if the “third person’s liability on that claim is in some way dependent upon the outcome of the main claim”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).