April 2021 Bar Bulletin
By Howard M. Goodfriend
“Always Appealing” is a column addressing current issues in appellate practice and recent appellate cases written by the lawyers of Smith Goodfriend, PS, a Seattle law firm that limits its practice to civil appeals and related trial court motions practice.
This article discusses the two distinct but often confused avenues for seeking a trial court’s certification for immediate appellate review of a decision that is not otherwise immediately appealable as a matter of right — certification as final of a dispositive ruling that does not terminate the litigation under CR 54(b) and RAP 2.2(d), and certification that immediate appellate review...