Opinion ID: 2335333
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Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Prejudice To Subsequent Trial

Text: In this point, Ms. Cole challenges the jury's verdict by arguing that the jury trial itself was tainted by the trial court's prior entry of partial summary judgment on the fiduciary-duty claim. This argument, however, is directed to the jury trial and the judgment resulting from the jury trial, and that judgment is not the subject of this appeal. The only order contested on appeal is the order of partial summary judgment. Clearly, this court will not set aside a judgment which is not the subject of the appeal. That is the reason we require a designation of the order appealed from in the notice of appeal as well as the relevant designation from the record. See Ark. R.App. P.Civ. 3(e) (requiring designation of order appealed and portions of the record on appeal); Newton County v. Davison, 289 Ark. 109, 709 S.W.2d 810 (1986). Moreover, were we to hold, as Ms. Cole urges, that jury trials held subsequent to an order of partial summary judgment are cast into doubt, the result would be to effectively halt the use of partial summary judgments, which we are not inclined to do. This point is meritless. Affirmed. IMBER, J., not participating.