Court Opinion

ID: 9596590
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:51:25.672591+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:39:21.908158
License: Public Domain

GRANT, Justice,
concurring.
We are addressing a mandamus proceeding. We are not reviewing the merits of the trial court’s finding on the failure of the required expert report to comply with the statute or the finding in the order that the failure to comply was not the result of an accident or mistake.
Because this was not an appeal and because the real party in interest could not appeal because that party had received a favorable ruling and also because the order was interlocutory, the issue of the merits of the trial court’s findings could not be reviewed by this court.
Our granting of the mandamus is based on the procedural posture of the case at this time, and although we find that the trial court should have dismissed the case based on the statute and the findings of the trial court, this does not preclude an appeal of this dismissal to review the merits of the findings by the trial court.
Because of the limited effect of our order as discussed, I respectfully concur.