Legal Opinion
Heck v. Waldbaum's Supermarkets, Inc.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided November 30, 1987PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the plaintiffs from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Hurowitz, J.), dated June 3, 1986, which denied their motion pursuant to CPLR 602 (a) for joint trial of two separate actions brought by them to recover damages for personal injuries.
Ordered that the order is reversed, with costs, the plaintiffs’ motion is granted, and the two actions brought by the plaintiffs shall be tried jointly.
*569Although the discretion of the trial court is undeniably wide in assessing the propriety of a motion for a joint trial pursuant to CPLR 602 (a), "the interests of justice and judicial…
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