DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE ACTIONS
TENTATIVE RULING: The matter is CONTINUED to January 30, 2020, 8:30 a.m. in
Dept. B.
The Court acknowledges that, "the effect of an order granting consolidation would [be] to thrust [the small claims action] into the morass of superior court litigation, with its attendant delays and complexities, in direct contravention of the Legislature's intent that small claims cases be resolved expeditiously and inexpensively." (Acuna v. Gunderson Chevrolet, Inc. (1993) 19 Cal.App.4th 1467 (Acuna), 1472.) It appears from the holding in Acuna that the Court is without authority to consolidate the small claims matter, Case No. 19SC000272, with the Superior Court cases. (Id.)
However, the Court shares moving Defendant's concerns regarding even the possibility that issues that are at the heart of the subject Superior Court cases may be conclusively determined in a small claims court action. The Court concurs with moving Defendant that the ability, of any of th