8.01-267.7 - Later-filed actions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-267.7. Later-filed actions.

Later-filed actions may be joined with ongoing litigation in accordance withthe procedures of § 8.01-267.3 or § 8.01-267.4 and the standards of §8.01-267.1. Parties in later-filed actions joined with on-going multipleclaimant litigation may, in the discretion of the court, be bound to priorproceedings but only to the extent permitted by law and only to the extentthat the court finds that the interests of such parties were adequately andfairly represented. Consistent with the language of this section and thestandards of § 8.01-267.1, the parties may utilize all prior discovery takenby any party in on-going multiple party litigation as if the parties in thelater-filed actions had been parties at the time the discovery was taken. Onmotion of any party or by the person from whom discovery is sought, the courtmay limit or prohibit discovery by parties in later-filed actions if thecourt finds that the matters on which the discovery is sought have beencovered adequately by prior discovery.

(1995, c. 555.)