Title on 'Final' Judgment Called Misleading

It isn't the title of an order that makes it final, but rather the test of a judgment's finality is whether it sufficiently ascertains and declares the rights of the parties, the Alabama Court of Civil Appeals ruled. The opinion in Marchand v. Kerr-McGee Chemical, 2050705, 11/22/06, dismissed Leigh Dunn Marchand's appeal of a trial judge's order in a case in which her employer sued her and she countersued alleging her employer dismissed her for filing a workers' compensation claim. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of her employer, Kerr-McGee Chemical, on the workers' ...