Pages v. Dominguez ex rel. Dominguez

PARIENTE, Judge.

The petition for writ of certiorari seeks relief from a trial court’s order denying defendant Pages’ motion to consolidate two claims arising out of the same automobile accident. Because we find the order denying the motion to consolidate these cases for trial did not constitute a departure from the essential requirements of law, we deny the petition.

A refusal of a trial court to grant consolidation in separate and distinct causes of action, involving separate and distinct damages, is not an abuse of discretion which will automatically result in our granting cer-tiorari relief…