Botched Expedition Leads to Five Years of Jurisdictional Limbo

Kurwa v. Kislinger, No. S23461 (Cal., as amended Jan. 31, 2018)

Back in 2013, the Supreme Court nixed an earlier appeal in this case. But now it’s back.

Supreme Court Puts the Kybosh on Phony-Baloney Appeals

Kurwa v. Kislinger, No. S201619 (SC Oct. 3, 2013)

Resolving a recent split of authority, the Supreme Court holds that parties cannot manufacture jurisdiction for an interlocutory appeal by dismissing pending causes of action without prejudice and agreeing to toll the statute of limitations on them until after the appeal is resolved.