Opinion ID: 1393674
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Heading: the trial court improperly certified the denial of the motion to dismiss as a final judgment.

Text: Thornton asserts that the trial court improperly certified the denial of the motion to dismiss as a final judgment pursuant to I.R.C.P. 54(b). We agree. I.R.C.P. 54(b) provides a means for a trial court to certify a ruling as a final judgment only when there was more than one claim for relief and one or more but less than all of those claims were disposed of against all parties against whom those claims were made. Pichon v. L.J. Broekemeier, Inc., 99 Idaho 598, 601, 586 P.2d 1042, 1045 (1978). In this case, the denial of the motion to dismiss did not dispose of any claim. Therefore, it was not proper for the trial court to certify the denial pursuant to I.R.C.P. 54(b).