Miss. R. Civ. P. 42

(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 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 Trial. 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, counter-claim, or third-party claim, or of any separate issue

or of any number of claims, cross-claims, counter-claims, third-party claims, or issues,

always preserving inviolate the right of trial by jury as declared by Section 31 of the

Mississippi Constitution of 1890.

(c) Counties Within a Single Circuit or Chancery Court District. When civil

actions involving common questions of fact or law are pending in different counties of a

single Circuit or Chancery Court district, such actions may be consolidated for coordinated

or consolidated pretrial proceedings and, if the actions do not involve trials by jury, may be

consolidated for all purposes. All judges presiding over the cases to be consolidated must

agree to the consolidation and to the judge who will preside over the cases for the purposes

stated herein. For the purposes of this rule, “pretrial proceedings” means all matters presented

to the judge prior to trial except dispositive motions.