Yavapai County v. Superior Court

EUBANK, Presiding Judge.

The petitioners in this original special action proceeding, who are defendants in two substantially identical lawsuits which were properly consolidated for trial in the Superior Court of Yavapai County without objection by any party, challenge a subsequent order of the respondent trial judge which in effect “de-consolidated” the two actions in order to grant to the plaintiffs in one of the two lawsuits a post-consolidation motion for change of venue which was not desired by the plaintiffs in the other lawsuit. We hold, in granting the petition for extraordinary relief,…