Daibes v. Cheng

OPINION OF THE COURT

Charles J. Markey, J.

This personal injury action, stemming from a multivehicle collision, raises interesting issues regarding consolidation, venue, comity, judicial economy, the avoidance of forum shopping, and a seeming conflict between the “first-in-time rule” and the convenience of material witnesses where actions have been filed in two or more counties concerning the same set of facts. The novel aspect of this motion to consolidate and to transfer venue is that prior to the institution of the aforecaptioned action in this court, the second lawsuit in this litigation, a…