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Horace Shackleford v. George Mills, (Action No. 1.) Horace Shackleford v. Charles Brooks, (Action No. 2.) Horace Shackleford v. Timothy B. Debiak, (Action No. 3.)
Special Term properly exercised its discretion in denying plaintiffs’ motion for a joint trial. Involved are separate, unrelated accidents and separate trials will enable the juries to focus on the factual issues presented as to each accident (CPLR 602; Abbatepaolo v Blumberg, 7 AD2d 847; Pride v Perras, 6 AD2d 842; cf. Doll v Castiglione, 86 AD2d 711). Mollen, P. J., Titone, Lazer and Rubin, JJ., concur.