8.01-267.3 - Consolidation and other combined proceedings. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-267.3. Consolidation and other combined proceedings.

On motion of any party, a circuit court in which separate civil actions arepending which were brought by six or more plaintiffs may enter an ordercoordinating, consolidating or joining any or all of the proceedings in theactions upon making the findings required by § 8.01-267.1. The order mayprovide for any or all of the following:

1. Coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings;

2. A joint hearing or, if requested by any party, trial by jury with respectto any or all common questions at issue in the actions; or

3. Consolidation of the actions.

(1995, c. 555.)