Fuller v. Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority

This case illustrates an anomaly under our current caselaw regarding appeals of judgments certified as final under Rule 54(b), Ala. R. Civ. P.

Except as otherwise provided by law, appeals lie only from final judgments, and this Court has no jurisdiction to hear an appeal from a nonfinal judgment. Crutcher v. Williams, 12 So.3d 631, 636 (Ala.2008); Gilbert v. Nicholson, 845 So.2d 785, 790 (Ala.2002). A proper certification under Rule 54(b), Ala. R. Civ. P., will deem an otherwise nonfinal judgment as “final” for purposes of appellate jurisdiction. Sparks v. City of Florence, 936 So.2d 508, 512…