Raskauskas v. Temple Realty Co.

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• explicating “the common sense notion that a plaintiff should not be allowed to convert a breach of contract claim into a claim for tortious interference”
• \[W]e join the federal courts and interpret Rule 19 to require a trial judge to order joinder whenever possible.\
• in 39 tortious interference claims, “a defendant is privileged if he acts in order to protect ‘a present, existing economic interest.’” (quoting Dresser v. Sunderland Apartments Tenants Ass’n, 465 A.2d 835, 839 n.12 (D.C. 1983) (per curiam))
• “A defendant faced with the prospect of multiple actions may be in a position to bring in absent persons . . . by means of defensive interpleader, or by using impleader or asserting a counterclaim. . . . In short, the Rule 19(b

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