§ 7321.11. Consolidation of separate arbitration proceedings.

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(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.

42c7321.12s