(a) Caption; Names of Parties. Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, the file number, and a designation as in Rule 7(a). In the complaint the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties, but in other pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of other parties.
(b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements. All averments of claim or defense shall be made in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall be limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence and each defense other than denials shall be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth.
(c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. Statements in a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part of the same pleading or in another pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument which is an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereof for all purposes.
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(a) Caption; Names of Parties. Every pleading shall contain a caption setting forth the name of the court, the title of the action, the file number, and a designation as in Rule 7(a). In the complaint the title of the action shall include themust have a caption with the court’s name, a title, a file number, and a Rule 7(a) designation. The title of the complaint must names of all the parties, but in; the title of other pleadings it is sufficient to state the name of the first party on each side with an appropriate indication of, after naming the first party on each side, may refer generally to other parties.
(b) Paragraphs; Separate Statements. All averments of party must state its claims or defense shall be mades in numbered paragraphs, the contents of each of which shall beeach limited as far as practicable to a statement of a single set of circumstances; and a paragraph. A later pleading may be referred to by number in all succeeding pleadings. Eto a paragraph in an earlier pleading. If doing so would promote clarity, each claim founded upon a separate transaction or occurrence -and each defense other than a denials shall-must be stated in a separate count or defense whenever a separation facilitates the clear presentation of the matters set forth.
(c) Adoption by Reference; Exhibits. SA statements in a pleading may be adopted by reference in a different part ofelsewhere in the same pleading or in any other pleading or in any motion. A copy of any written instrument whichthat is an exhibit to a pleading is a part thereofof the pleading for all purposes.
(As amended Apr. 30, 2007, eff. Dec. 1, 2007.)