Need for Express Determination in Written Order That There Is No Just Reason To Delay Entry of Final Judgment

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B. [§ 34] Need for Express Determination in Written Order that There is No Just Reason to Delay Entry of Final Judgment

For an order to become appealable under Rule 2-602(b), the court must expressly determine in a written order that there is no just reason to delay the entry of final judgment. If the court fails to make such a determination, the appellate court acquires no jurisdiction—even if the appeal would otherwise have been proper under the rule. Planning Bd. of Howard Cty. v. Mortimer, 310 Md. 639, 653 (1987); see also Waters v. U.S. Fid. & Guar. Co., 328 Md. 700...

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