When you file a lawsuit you generally name anyone you can possibly imagine being associated, and then let the courts dismiss people. I've been named in a lawsu

When you file a lawsuit you generally name anyone you can possibly imagine being associated, and then let the courts dismiss people. I've been named in a lawsuit before, where my contractor's employee was suing my contractor for non-payment on a job (not my job), but named me in the case anyway since my job was going on at the same time. I just went to court prepared to defend myself and the first thing the judge did was ask why I was named in the suit. Then I was promptly dismissed from the suit but asked to stay as a witness.