1999 Pa. Super. 280 - Keefer v. Keefer’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

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1. “[The trial court] used the phrase “to be consolidated with the matter” rather than the phrase “to be jointly tried.” By ordering the actions consolidated, without further explanation, [the trial court] rejected the joint trial or hearing alternative found in the rule. We therefore read the order as utilizing the second approach in Rule 213(a) and hold that such a consolidation merges all actions into one, such that each lose their separate identities.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kincy v. Petro

2. “Rule 313. Collateral Orders (a) General Rule. An appeal may be taken as of right from a collateral order of an administrative agency or lower court. (b) Definition. A collateral order is an order separable from and collateral to the main cause of action where the right involved is too important to be denied review and the question presented is such that if review is postponed until final judgment in the case, the claim will be irreparably lost.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2004 Pa. Super. 319 - Graziani v. Randolph

3. “To satisfy this element, an issue must actually be lost if review is postponed. Orders that make a trial inconvenient for one party or introduce potential inefficiencies, including post-trial appeals of orders and subsequent retrials, are not considered as irreparably lost. An interest or issue must actually disappear due to the processes of trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Commonwealth v. Sabula