“The
Court
holds
that
severing
this
case
into
multiple
duplicative
cases
does
not
serve
the
interest
of
justice
[or]
judicial
economy,”
Bough
wrote.

Bough’s
ruling
comes
roughly
five
months
after
he

denied
the
defendants’
motion
to
dismiss
the
suit.

HomeServices
and
Crye-Leike
are
the
only
remaining
home
seller
commission
lawsuit
defendants
to
not
have
reached
a
settlement
agreement
with
the
plaintiffs.

Hanna
Holdings,
the
parent
company
of


Howard
Hanna
Real
Estate
Services,

settled
the
commission
lawsuits
earlier
this
month.
That
came
after
its
request
for

Bough
to
recuse
himself
because
of
donations
made
by
a
plaintiffs’
attorney
to
Bough’s
wife’s
city
council
campaign
was
denied.
BHE
and
Crye-Leike
each
took
part
in
this
effort.