Consolidation or Severance (Rule 31)

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1. Does a separate-trial order necessarily commence a new independent action with a new substantive cause?
2. Two contract suits have different underlying deliveries but share an important disputed interpretation of the same clau…
3. The court directs a separate trial of liability before the disputed amount of damages to improve convenience and avoid …
4. In the actual consolidation and joint decision examined in Producers Bank, the cases lost separate identity. A party ne…
5. A court proposes wholesale merger, but a narrower joint hearing would resolve the common technical evidence while avoid…
6. Explain why a common question of law may support coordination despite different underlying events.
7. Explain the review consequence of the actual consolidation in Producers Bank.
8. Distinguish separate trial of liability from dismissal or creation of a new cause.