Buemi v. Kerckhoff

PATRICIA BRECKENRIDGE, Judge.

Arthur Kerckhoff Jr., Arthur Kerckhoff III, Arthur Kerckhoff IV, and the Arthur Kerckhoff Trust (Kerckhoff defendants) appeal the trial court’s order imposing sanctions on them for acting in bad faith in a mediated settlement meeting. Because an order imposing monetary sanctions does not dispose of a “claim for relief’ as required by Rule 74.01(b) and does not satisfy the requirement in section 512.020(5)1 that allows appeals only of final judgments, the trial court certification of its order for immediate appeal is without effect. Accordingly, the appeal is…