Court Opinion

ID: 9515269
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 22:55:11.534204+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:27.174335
License: Public Domain

*489ZINTER, Justice
(concurring).
[¶ 33.] I concur and write only to point out one procedural aspect of this case. This is an appeal from a denial of a motion for summary judgment, and we usually do not hear such claims because our appellate jurisdiction is generally limited to a review of final judgments. See SDCL 15-26A-3. Consequently, we required these parties to demonstrate whether this appeal was properly before us. We ultimately entertained the appeal because the trial court certified its ruling as a final judgment under SDCL 15 — 6—54(b) and because both parties demonstrated that the denial of summary judgment was effectively a final judgment.