Central Utah Water Conservancy District v. King

Justice PARRISH, opinion of the Court:

INTRODUCTION

1 This case presents the issue of whether petitioner, Shane King, properly appealed after the district court entered an order denying his motion for a new trial. The court of appeals dismissed Mr. King's appeal based on lack of appellate jurisdiction. It held that under rule 7()(@2) of the Utah Rules of Civil Procedure and our decision in Giusti v. Sterling Wentworth Corporation, 2009 UT 2, 201 P.3d 966, Mr. King's appeal was not ripe because it was not taken from a final, appeal-able order. Mr. King argues that the district court's order was…