Hanley v. Lanier

OPINION AND ORDER

¶1 The respondents, Keith and Sue Lanier (Laniers) have filed a motion to dismiss the appeal in this matter, for the purported failure of third party defendant and appellant Joanne R. Jacobsen (Jacobsen), to comply with the mediation requirements of Rule 54, M.R.App.P. In Jacobsen’s notice of appeal, she certified that the appeal was not subject to the mediation process required by Rule 54, M.R.App.P. Laniers contend otherwise, stating that the cause of action appealed from is one in which monetary damages were sought, and that hence, Rule 54, M.R.App.P., subjects the appeal…