(735 ILCS 5/2-1006) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1006)
    Sec. 2-1006. Consolidation and severance of cases. An action may be severed, and actions pending in the same court may be consolidated, as an aid to convenience, whenever it can be done without prejudice to a substantial right.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)