Court Opinion

ID: 9792373
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:28:26.520696+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:42.385542
License: Public Domain

JONES, J.,
concurring.
I concur with the result reached in this case, but wish to emphasize that ORCP 70 A. should be followed in every case and that every judgment should be set forth in a separate document and plainly labeled as a judgment.
As a trial judge I signed hundreds of documents with the identical label used in this case of “Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgment.” Members of the trial bench found this to be a most expedient method of disposing of cases and closing the file. However, we have a new rule and we should all live with it and abide by it. This decision should not be an open invitation to ignore ORCP 70 A. On the contrary, it should be a command to follow it.