Court Opinion

ID: 9758483
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:32:48.997907+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:52.116741
License: Public Domain

TOM GRAY, Chief Justice
concurring.
I cannot let the importance of the dismissal of the first issue go in the understated manner of the majority opinion. The importance of that holding is that if a 120a special appearance motion is denied, the exclusive remedy is by an immediate accelerated appeal of the interlocutory order under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code section 51.014(a)(7). Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.Code Ann. § 51.014(a)(7) (Vernon Supp.2006). That holding means the losing party cannot wait until the end of the proceeding and then appeal the denial of the special appearance, but must instead comply with the requisites of timely filing a notice of appeal for the accelerated appeal. See Tex.R.App. P. 26.1(b), 28.1.