Government Agency Involvement in a Civil Litigation Proceeding
Article 8. Mr. Suk, the driver, was also a defendant. Subsequently, the plaintiff learned that Mr. Suk was an employee of the Department of Community Development, and therefore filed a petition to involve the Department of Community Development in the case as a co-defendant. Upon the court’s approval, the community was admitted as a defendant, and the plaintiff withdrew the lawsuit against the Department of Land Development, in its capacity as a prosecutor, who represented the Department of Community Development and objected to the court’s summons of the Department of Community Development into the case as a co-defendant.
The court’s answer was as follows: In this case, the plaintiff is entitled to sue the Department of Community Development as a new case. The court will request to involve the Department of Community Development as a joint defendant, which is not permitted under the Civil Procedure Act (Judgement of the Supreme Court, Case No. 1712/2525).
On March 18, 1993, at approximately midnight, the court’s answer was as follows: