Kiladze v. Countrywide Insurance
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Martin Shulman, J.), entered on or about December 9, 2003, which denied the motion of Countrywide Insurance Company to consolidate these actions for joint trial, unanimously reversed, on the law, the facts and in the exercise of discretion, without costs, the motion granted and the two actions consolidated for the purpose of joint trial.
*519CPLR 602 (a) gives the trial court discretion to consolidate actions involving common questions of law or fact. Although great deference is to be accorded to the motion court’s discretion (see Matter of Hill v Smalls, 49…
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