State ex rel. Owners Insurance v. McGraw

I concur in the judgment of the majority in denying the petitioner’s request for a writ of prohibition.1 I write separately to explain why I believe extraordinary relief should be parsimoniously granted rather than serving as an interlocutory review of a trial court’s pretrial rulings.

The petitioner has sought a writ of prohibition to reverse various pretrial orders entered by the trial court. These orders involve rulings on a choice of law issue, the denial of the petitioner’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction, the award of partial summary judgment in favor of respondent…