Deon v. Fortuna

—In related actions to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., Frank Fortuna, the defendant in Action No. 1, appeals, as limited by his brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Hillery, J.), dated January 9, 2002, as granted that branch of the motion of the plaintiffs in that action which was for a joint trial of the two actions.

Ordered that the order is modified by deleting the provision thereof granting that branch of the motion which was for a joint trial of the two actions and substituting therefor a provision granting that branch of the motion only to…