Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 231, § 84A (2026)
Consolidation of actions involving same subject matter
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Section 84A. If two or more actions to recover damages or indebtedness arising out of the same accident, event or transaction are pending in the superior court, whether in the same or in different counties, the court or any justice thereof may order that some or all of them be tried together in such county as he may designate. This section shall not limit existing powers of the courts or justices thereof relative to the consolidation or joint trial of causes.
Notes of Decisions
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case, 1973–1973 · leading case: Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Gilbane Bldg. Co., 304 N.E.2d 429 (Mass. 1973).
Stop & Shop Companies, Inc. v. Gilbane Bldg. Co., 304 N.E.2d 429 (Mass. 1973). “See G. L. c. 231, § 84A. We have taken the different view “that arbitration, once undertaken, should continue *330 freely without being subjected to a judicial restraint which would tend to render the proceedings neither one thing nor the other, but transform them into a hybrid,…”
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