In particular, “[a] court order that adjudicates less than all the claims ... does not terminate the action as to any of the claims ...,” Sanborn v. Sanborn, 2005 ME 95, ¶ 4, 877 A.2d 1075, and “an appeal taken from entry of a partial summary judgment is generally interlocutory and nonappealable.” O'Connor v. Counseling Servs., Inc., 2008 ME 114, ¶ 3, 951 A.2d 78; see also Me. Health Alliance v. Med. Mut. Ins. Co. of Me., 2003 ME 144, ¶ 8, 837 A.2d 135 (dismissing an appeal from summary judgment that did not address all of the counts in a complaint). Although neither party has challenged the finality of the judgment, “we are obliged to raise the issue on our motion.”
[¶ 9] Because the entry of a partial summary judgment “does not dispose of all issues in controversy,” Norton v. Town of Long Island, 2003 ME 25, ¶ 6, 816 A.2d 59, “[w]e ... recognize[ ] that [it] is not a judgment on the whole case and that an appeal taken from entry of a partial summary judgment is generally interlocutory and nonappealable.” O'Connor v. Counseling Servs., Inc., 2008 ME 114, ¶ 3, 951 A.2d 78. Accordingly, we will dismiss this interlocutory appeal unless an exception to the final judgment rule applies. See id.;Norton, 2003 ME 25, ¶ 6, 816 A.2d 59.