Morgan v. Foreman

OPINION

WEISBERG, Judge.

¶ 1 Dr. Clifford Morgan, a defendant in a medical malpractice suit filed in Maricopa County by Frederick Helwig, asks this court to accept special action jurisdiction and grant his request for a transfer of venue to Yavapai County. He contends that, because the trial court erred in finding that his motion to transfer venue was untimely, he has no adequate remedy by appeal. We accept jurisdiction because denial of a motion to transfer venue is a nonappealable order. See Lakritz v. Superior Court, 179 Ariz. 598, 599, 880 P.2d 1144, 1145 (App.1994). By previous order, we…