What may happen if a court denies a motion for joinder?

When a court denies a motion for joinder, the consequence is that additional claims or parties that could have been included in the litigation will not be joined into the current case. This means that those claims may need to be litigated separately in their own lawsuits. The denial of the motion prohibits the efficient resolution of related claims within one forum, and instead, parties may have to initiate new litigation for those claims, which could lead to increased costs and prolonged litigation.

Options that suggest the entire case will be dismissed, a new trial date will be set, or that jurisdiction will be transferred to another court are not directly linked to the denial of a joinder motion. Dismissal pertains to the case as a whole rather than individual claims, and jurisdiction transfer or new trial dates would involve other procedural issues that are independent of the court’s decision on a joinder motion. Therefore, the correct outcome of a denied joinder is that additional claims may need to be pursued in separate actions.