Appeal Dismissed Because No Postjudgment Order Involved.
As Justice Ikola recognized in Martin v. My Car Agent, Case No. G048985 (4th Dist., Div. 3 Apr. 24, 2014) (unpublished), order appealability is a jurisdictional concern of the first instance for a reviewing court—black or white, not shades of grey. In this one, the appeal of an order granting plaintiff fees (awarding $32,581 rather than the requested $262,000 by plaintiff) was dismissed. The reason was simple: there was no earlier judgment dismissing the action, which means the fee ruling was not a post-judgment order which was appealable in nature.