Farley v. Carp

This trio of cases provides us with the opportunity to determine the scope of the applicability of this Court’s recent decision in Kidder v Ptacin,1 which held that relief from a judgment was not appropriate where the case had been dismissed in accordance with a directive of this Court and the appellate process had been concluded. Although originally submitted as three separate cases, because of the common issue presented in light of Kidder, on our own motion we consolidated these cases for purposes of argument and decision. In these appeals, we hold that the Kidder principle also applies…