Court Opinion

ID: 9532899
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 04:25:57.089812+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:28:51.942203
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JUSTICE TRIEWEILER
concurring.
I concur with the majority’s order which denies the respondents’ motion to dismiss the appeal. I do not agree with all that is said in the opinion preceding the order.
Specifically, I disagree with the adoption of criteria for the determination of whether a motion for reconsideration is, in substance, a motion to alter or amend. I believe the adoption of more criteria simply further complicates an area of procedural law already rife with traps which preclude resolution of disputes based on their merits. Furthermore, assuming the criteria adopted by the majority were applicable to this case, I would conclude that, based on the first criteria, Nelson’s motion was, in substance, a Rule 59 motion.
JUSTICE HUNT joins in the foregoing concurrence.