EZ Automotive and Towing SVC LLC v. Recaman Auto Group

Summary

The Seventh District Court of Appeals dismissed EZ Automotive and Towing SVC LLC’s appeal for want of jurisdiction because the trial court’s summary judgment did not dispose of Recaman Auto Group’s pending attorney’s-fees claim. The court held that the order was not final and that no statute authorized an interlocutory appeal.

Holdings

1. The summary-judgment order was not final because it neither disposed of Recaman's pending attorney's-fee request nor clearly and unequivocally stated that it finally disposed of all claims and parties.
2. The court lacked jurisdiction because no statute authorized an appeal from the interlocutory summary-judgment order.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the trial court's summary-judgment order was a final, appealable judgment when it did not dispose of the pending attorney's-fee request.
2. Whether any statute authorized an interlocutory appeal from the nonfinal summary-judgment order.

Disposition

dismissed