Laura drives a delivery truck for Aubrey's Antiques. Due to faulty brakes on the delivery truck, Laura is unable to stop the truck and drives right through the front room of the customer's house. The customer sues Laura. Laura files a(n) __________ against Aubrey's Antiques as she feels that they are to blame for this accident.

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A cross-claim is appropriate in this scenario because Laura is asserting a claim against a co-defendant (Aubrey's Antiques, her employer) in the original lawsuit filed by the customer. A cross-claim is used when a defendant wants to assert a claim against another party on the same side of the lawsuit, which in this case is her employer for the faulty brakes.

Laura Drives a Delivery Truck for Aubrey's Antiques