Berry v. Taylor, Unpublished Decision (7-19-2005)

2005 Ohio 3617

Opinion

MEMORANDUM OPINION {¶ 1} On January 26, 2005, appellant, Daimler Chrysler Insurance Co., filed a notice of appeal from a December 27, 2004 judgment of the Portage County Court of Common Pleas. In that judgment, it appeared that claims against defendants, Curtis Taylor, Kara N. Young, and Progressive Insurance Co., had not yet been resolved. Additionally, the trial court did not employ Civ.R. 54(B) language in its judgment.

{¶ 2} On April 18, 2005, this Court issued a judgment ordering appellant to show cause why the case should not be dismissed due to lack of a final appealable order. This Court cited the case of Hughes v.Miner (1984), 15 Ohio App.3d 141, for the proposition that when claims remain pending in the trial court, and the court has not made the Civ.R. 54(B) determination that there is no just reason for delay, an appellate court lacks jurisdiction to consider the appeal.

{¶ 3} Appellant filed an untimely reply to this Court's order in which it admitted that the order being appealed was not final.

{¶ 4} Accordingly, this appeal is hereby dismissed sua sponte for lack of a final appealable order.

{¶ 5} Appeal dismissed.

Ford, P.J., O'Neill, J., concur.