{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-331","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-331","heading":"Third-party action; procedure.","body":"(1)(a) A defending party may, as a third-party plaintiff, serve a summons and complaint on a nonparty:\n(i) Who is or may be liable to the defending party for all or part of the claim against the defending party; or\n(ii) Whose negligence was or may have been a proximate cause of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiff's claim and who is not precluded by section 25-21,185.11 from being made a party.\n(b) The third-party plaintiff shall, by motion, obtain the court's leave if the third-party plaintiff files the third-party complaint more than fourteen days after serving its original answer.\n(c) The person served with the summons and third-party complaint, hereinafter called the third-party defendant, has all the rights and obligations of a defendant, including those created by this section and by the rules promulgated by the Supreme Court pursuant to sections 25-801.01 and 25-1273.01.\n(d) The third-party defendant may assert against the plaintiff any defense that the third-party plaintiff has to the plaintiff's claim. The third-party defendant may also assert against the plaintiff any claim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiff's claim against the third-party plaintiff.\n(e) The plaintiff may assert against the third-party defendant any claim arising out of the transaction or occurrence that is the subject matter of the plaintiff's claim against the third-party plaintiff.\n(f) A defending party may assert against the third-party defendant a claim that the third-party defendant is liable to the defending party for all or part of the claim against the defending party.\n(g) A third-party defendant may bring in a nonparty if subdivision (1)(a) of this section would allow a defending party to do so.\n(h) Any party may move to strike the third-party claim, to sever it, or try it separately.\n(2) When a claim is asserted against a plaintiff, the plaintiff may bring in a nonparty if subdivision (1)(a) of this section would allow a defending party to do so.","path":["Chapter 25 - COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=25-331","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-18T05:56:02Z","sha256":"4fb5e193b36fd5b2fd4dd904fec4727f13b0b2a78dd5a13bad4857a76285525e","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-330","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-25-401"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}