Rice v. Burnley

How courts have described this case

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• noting that an order disposes of a separate branch of a controversy when the grounds for recovery under the various counts arise from different common law doctrines or when different elements are required to recover under different theories
• noting that an order disposes of a separate branch of a controversy when the grounds for recovery under the various counts arise from different common law doctrines or when different elements are required to recover under different theories
• order dismissing certain counts was not final where the order did not determine the merits of a separate claim; appellate court lacked jurisdiction despite Rule 304(a) finding
• \the fact that an order contains the requisite Rule 304(a) language does not make a nonfinal order appealable\
• the dismissal of some but not all counts did not determine or dispose of the rights of the parties on a separate cause of action where the plaintiff stated a single claim in multiple counts

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