Martinez v. Friede

OPINION

ALARID, Judge.

{1} This case requires us to determine the point in time at which a trial court’s jurisdiction to grant a motion for a new trial terminates. We hold on the facts of this case that the trial court’s jurisdiction terminated by operation of law thirty days after the motion for new trial was filed. As a consequence, the trial court’s order purporting to grant a new trial more than thirty days after the motion was filed is void, as are the proceedings conducted pursuant to that void order.

BACKGROUND

{2} Plaintiff-Appellee, Diane Martinez, was injured in an automobile accident.…