Yarema v. Exxon Corp.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The Court of Special Appeals dismissed the appeal in this case for want of appellate jurisdiction, holding that the order of appeal was premature. We then granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review this jurisdictional issue, which involves the relation between Maryland Rule 2-503(a), concerning consolidation of separate actions and judgments in consolidated actions, and Maryland Rule 2-602, concerning judgments in actions involving multiple claims or multiple parties. The case also presents a second issue relating to appellate jurisdiction, involving the operation…