Uhock v. Sleitweiler

Royse, J.:

This is a consolidation of two appeals by plaintiffs from orders of the trial court dismissing third-party defendant Sherve and dismissing the garnishment filed against National Indemnity Company.

A threshold question is whether plaintiffs’ appeal from the dismissal of third-party defendant Sherve was timely. The trial court directed verdict for Sherve on May 7, 1986. The next day, the trial court entered judgment by judgment form, but that form only referred to the jury verdict against defendant Sleitweiler. The judgment form made no mention of the directed verdict in favor of…