Rule 2129.Actions between partnerships and partners.

Partners and their firm can end up on opposite sides of a case, and this rule allows it. A partnership may prosecute an action against one or more of its partners, or against those partners together with persons who are not partners. Going the other way, one or more partners, alone or together with other persons who are not partners, may prosecute an action against the partnership.

The rule settles who may be on each side, not the merits. Rule 2127 governs how the partnership names itself when it sues, and Rule 2128 governs how it is named when sued, whether through its partners or in its firm name. Rules 2154 and 2178 give the same permission for unincorporated associations and their members, and for corporations or similar entities and their members.