RULE CR 42
                 CONSOLIDATION; SEPARATE TRIALS


(a)  Consolidation. When actions involving a common question of
     law or fact are pending before the court, it may order a
     joint hearing or trial of any or all the matters in issue in
     the actions; it may order all the actions consolidated; and
     it may make such orders concerning proceedings therein as
     may tend to avoid unnecessary costs or delay.

(b)  Separate Trials. The court, in furtherance of convenience or
     to avoid prejudice, or when separate trials will be
     conducive to expedition and economy, may order a separate
     trial of any claim, cross claim, counterclaim, or third
     party claim, or of any separate issue or of any number of
     claims, cross claims, counterclaims, third party claims, or
     issues, always preserving inviolate the right of trial by  jury.


[Adopted effective July 1, 1967.]