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The trial court’s judgment concluded: \u201cAll relief not granted herein is denied. This is a final judgment.\u201d It later issued a supplemental order confirming that it meant this judgment to be final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court of appeals saw things differently: “After examining the record, the court of appeals concluded the November 2016 summary judgment was interlocutory, not final, because claims against Timothy were not properly addressed. The court of appeals therefore dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction.” (citations omitted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The supreme court reversed: “We have previously held that a judgment is final either<\/mark><\/em><\/strong> if \u201c’it actually disposes of every pending claim and party’ or<\/mark> <\/em><\/strong>‘it clearly and unequivocally states that it finally disposes of all claims and all parties.’The court of appeals mistakenly read Lehmann<\/em> to require record evidence of finality and <\/em><\/strong><\/mark>an unequivocal expression of finality. But this approach ‘would distill Lehmann<\/em>\u2019s joint tests into a simple rule: when there has not been
a conventional trial on the merits, a court must look to the record to determine whether the
judgment is final. That is not Lehmann<\/em>\u2019s rule.’\u201d (citations omitted, emphasis in original). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bella Palma LLC v. Young<\/a>, No. 19-0204 (April 17, 2020) (per curiam).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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