Naaman v. Grider

Four weeks after the trial court rendered a final judgment, it issued an order granting the defendant’s motion for judgment but did not issue a new judgment. The court of appeals held that the time for the plaintiff to perfect appeal ran from the date of the later order. 1 We disagree and therefore reverse the judgment of the court of appeals and dismiss this appeal.

The jury reached a verdict in favor of defendant Adam Naaman on January 28, 2000. On February 25, Naaman filed a motion for judgment on the verdict and notified the plaintiff, Rebecca Dunn Gri-der, that the motion would be…