Impleader

Impleader is governed by the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure.  State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Solem, 191 Mont. 156, 158, 622 P.2d 682, 683 (1981).  Our interpretation of the Montana Rules of Civil Procedure is subject to the same canons of construction as our interpretation of a statute.  Rich v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 2003 MT 51, ¶ 11, 314 Mont. 338, 66 P.3d 274.