Legal Opinion
Mehlenbacher v. Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc.
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 28, 1999No. 6:94-cv-06343PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
LARIMER, Chief Judge.
These two cases both arise out of the March 1994 collapse of a salt mine being operated by defendant Akzo Nobel Salt, Inc. (“Akzo”). Several motions are pending in both cases, but since in many respects they involve similar if not identical issues of law, solely for purposes of these motions and this Decision and Order I am consolidating these cases pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, which permits consolidation “of any or all the matters in issue” in “actions involving a common question of law or fact....”
PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
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