Joarnt v. Autozone, Inc.

This case requires that we clarify the circumstances pursuant to which litigants involved in a class action under ORCP 32 may seek interlocutory appellate review of a non-final order of the trial court under ORS 19.225, which we quote below. In this case, plaintiffs seek review of a Court of Appeals order that denied their application for leave to file such an interlocutory appeal in that court. The court took the view that it did not have jurisdiction to consider an interlocutory appeal because the action was “not a class action.” We conclude, however, that the Court of Appeals erred in…