If a passenger wishes to sue both the owner and the intoxicated driver for a car crash, is that allowed under the rules?

The correct assessment of the situation is that it is indeed permissible to sue both the owner and the intoxicated driver together, which makes the answer provided not accurate in the context of the law governing joinder.

When considering the rules of joinder, particularly under federal rules, a plaintiff may join multiple defendants in a single lawsuit when the claims against them arise out of the same transaction or occurrence, which is the case in a car crash. Furthermore, both the owner and the driver can be held liable under various theories such as vicarious liability (for the car owner) and direct liability (for the driver's actions).

The concept of Joinder allows for the efficient handling of cases where multiple parties may be responsible for the same injury or damage, helping to avoid multiple litigations arising from the same incident. Rule 14, which discusses third-party practice, does not restrict the original plaintiff’s right to join multiple defendants; it specifically relates to additional parties brought into the case for purposes like contribution or indemnity, not precluding the original party's ability to sue a driver and owner together.

Thus, the passenger can indeed sue both the owner and the driver together for the car crash due to the relation of their actions to a single event, making the first