Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92
Section 7321.11 - Consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings(a)Conditions.--Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), upon motion of a party to an agreement to arbitrate or to an arbitration proceeding, the court may order consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings as to all or some of the claims if: (1) There are separate agreements to arbitrate or separate arbitration proceedings between the same persons, or one of them is a party to a separate agreement to arbitrate or a separate arbitration proceeding with a third person;(2) The claims subject to the agreements to arbitrate arise in substantial part from the same transaction or series of related transactions;(3) The existence of a common issue of law or fact creates the possibility of conflicting decisions in the separate arbitration proceedings; And(4) Prejudice resulting from a failure to consolidate is not outweighed by the risk of undue delay or prejudice to the rights of or hardship to parties opposing consolidation.(b)Partial consolidation.--The court may order consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings as to some claims and allow other claims to be resolved in separate arbitration proceedings.(c)Agreement governs.--The court may not order consolidation of the claims of a party to an agreement to arbitrate if the agreement prohibits consolidation.Added by P.L. TBD 2018 No. 55, § 1.1, eff. 7/1/2019.