Willitt v. ASG Industries, Inc.

LAVENDER, Vice Chief Justice:

The facts and merits of this litigation, including the appeal, are not material to the issue before this court. A summary description shows certain individuals brought an action for severance pay. The employer, and corporate defendant, sought to appeal an adverse judgment that it believed the trial court rendered against it. The Court of Appeals entered an order dismissing the appeal for lack of a journal entry of judgment. That order determined a journal entry of judgment to be a jurisdictional necessity.

Trial was to the court. Transcript suggests findings and…