[P-Marlowe]

Thanks for insight. But is that offset by the discovery process?

If you file against a dozen defendants, you run the risk of a dozen private investigators gathering information on your client.

Yes, I do love fishing expeditions.

Remember, you are in the water with sharks.

[investigateworld]

"Remember, you are in the water with sharks. "

Good point, but there is a strong tendency to want to shift the cross hairs onto the other defendants.

I suspect each of the defendants sees some liability on their part and using worst case analyzes...

But I'm not an attorney, so I'd gladly leave that call to others.

[John123]

If you file against a dozen defendants, you run the risk of a dozen private investigators gathering information on your client.

So you look for and expose the weakest link and use that person's testimony to get the others to settle?