Royal Trust Co. v. Washburn, B. & I. R. R. Co.

How courts have described this case

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• noting that while the presence of one factor alone can support severance, courts granting severance generally find more than one factor favors that result
• “While one trial is usually more efficient than two, this is not always the case.”
• “Courts have severed claims under similar circumstances, where the statutory basis of the claims are the same but the facts underlying those claims are different.” (collecting cases)
• “Here, there is indisputably some overlap between witnesses and the subjects they will testify to, but it is not substantial, and it does not warrant a [joinder].”
• “Here, there is indisputably some overlap between witnesses and the subjects they will testify to, but it is not substantial, and it does not warrant a [joinder].”
• “Courts have severed claims under similar circumstances, where the statutory basis of the claims are the same but the facts underlying those claims are different.” (collecting cases)

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