Beam v. Morrow

WELLS, Judge.

The threshold question is whether the order allowing plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment is appealable. “A judgment is either interlocutory or the final determination of the rights of the parties.” N.C. Gen. Stat. § 1A-1, Rule 54(a) of the Rules of Civil Procedure. A final judgment disposes of the cause as to all the parties, leaving nothing to be determined between them in trial court. Industries, Inc. v. Insurance Co., 296 N.C. 486, 251 S.E. 2d 443 (1979). When more than one claim for relief is presented the court may enter a final judgment as to fewer than all the…