146 North Salina Street, Inc. v. Unigard Jamestown Mutual Insurance

Order unanimously affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: The question before us is whether Special Term properly exercised its discretion in directing a joint trial of actions brought by the owner of real property and the principal tenant against several fire insurance companies. CPLR 602 (subd [a]) provides in pertinent part that "[w]hen actions involving a common question of law or *1130fact are pending before a court, the court, upon motion, may order a joint trial of any or all the matters in issue * * * and may make such other orders concerning proceedings therein as may tend to avoid unnecessary…