RULE 20. PERMISSIVE JOINDER OF PARTIES.

1. All persons may join in one action as Plaintiff if they assert any right to relief jointly, severally, or in the alternative, arising out of the same transaction, occurrence, or series of transactions, and if any questions of law or fact is common to all those persons and will arise in the proceedings.  All persons may be joined in one action as Defendants if the common element exist as to all Defendants as stated in the previous sentence.  Judgment may be given for one or more of the Plaintiffs according their respective rights to relief and against one or more of the Defendants according to their respective liabilities.
2. The Court may make such orders as will prevent the party from being embarrassed, delayed, or put to additional expense by the inclusion of a party against whom he asserts no claim or who asserts no claim against him.  The Court may order separate trials or make other Orders to prevent delay or prejudice.