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Rule 2-602 – Judgments Not Disposing of Entire Action

May 13, 2021 | Civil Prodcedure, Maryland

(a) Generally. Except as provided in section (b) of this Rule, an order or other form of decision, however designated, that adjudicates fewer than all of the claims in an action (whether raised by original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim), or that adjudicates less than an entire claim, or that adjudicates the rights and liabilities of fewer than all the parties to the action:

(1) is not a final judgment;
(2) does not terminate the action as to any of the claims or any of the parties; and
(3) is subject to revision at any time before the entry of a judgment that adjudicates all of the claims by and against all of the parties.
(b) When Allowed. If the court expressly determines in a written order that there is no just reason for delay, it may direct in the order the entry of a final judgment:

(1) as to one or more but fewer than all of the claims or parties; or
(2) pursuant to Rule 2-501(f)(3), for some but less than all of the amount requested in a claim seeking money relief only.

Md. R. Civ. P. Cir. Ct. 2-602

This Rule is derived from former Rule 605 a and the 1961 version of Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b).

Adopted April 6, 1984, eff. July 1, 1984. Amended eff. April 8, 1985; Nov. 12, 2003, eff. Jan. 1, 2004; Dec. 8, 2003, eff. July 1, 2004; April 5, 2005, eff. July 1, 2005.

HISTORICAL NOTES

2003 Orders

The November 12, 2003, order amended the source note.

The December 8, 2003, order, in subsec. (b)(2), substituted “Rule 2-501(f)(3) for “Rule 2-501(e)(3).

2005 Orders

The April 5, 2005, order, in subsec. (b)(2), substituted “Rule 2-501(f)(3) for “Rule 2-501(e)(3).