St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center v. Superior Court

VOSS, Presiding Judge.

Petitioners bring this special action challenging the order of the respondent trial judge denying their request for a medical liability review panel. We accept jurisdiction because the issue is of state-wide importance and has resulted in conflicting decisions in the trial court. See Rules of Procedure for Special Actions, Rules 1 and 3.

The issue is whether House Bill 2123 retroactively eliminates a litigant’s right to a review panel under former A.R.S. § 12-567(A), when the request for a review panel was made after the Bill was signed into law but before the effective…