Court Opinion

ID: 9618683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 05:15:32.118892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:04:31.122814
License: Public Domain

KIRSHBAUM, Judge,
specially concurs:
I concur in the result reached by the majority. Defendants’ counterclaim raises fact questions which must, in any event be determined during the trial of plaintiff’s claim and defendants’ affirmative defenses thereto. In view of this interrelationship of issues, I agree that the order of dismissal did not finally resolve a claim among these parties for purposes of C.R.C.P. 54(b).
I do not, however, view Jones v. Harding Glass Co., Inc., Colo.App., 619 P.2d 777 (1980) as inconsistent with this decision. Jones reversed an order dismissing one claim of a plaintiff’s complaint, thus eliminating the possibility of litigation respecting significant elements of that claim. Here, significant elements of defendants’ claim against plaintiff will be litigated even though the counterclaim was dismissed. In consideration of the purposes of C.R.C.P. 54(b), I find Jones distinguishable from this case.