(a) Joinder of Claims.

A party asserting a claim to relief as an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim, may join, either as independent or as alternate claims, as many claims, legal, equitable, or maritime, as the party has against an opposing party.

(b) Joinder of Remedies; Fraudulent Conveyances.

Whenever a claim is one heretofore cognizable only after another claim has been prosecuted to a conclusion, the two claims may be joined in a single action; but the court shall grant relief in that action only in accordance with the relative substantive rights of the parties. In particular, a plaintiff may state a claim for money and a claim to have set aside a conveyance fraudulent as to that plaintiff, without first having obtained a judgment establishing the claim for money."

The relevant question is which onr of the "Claims" listed were filed by various NEC corporations listed who later on filed their ANSWER and then dismissed their claims...

As explained here, it could have been that NEC was the one who had filed the ANSWER by the time of the settlement. The Court gave the other time to file their ANSWER before they were dismissed with prejudice also.

As ronran has said, this is a non-issue, and could have been a secreterial issue that needed time to be corrected.

Gil...