Ex Parte Franklin Cnty Dept of Human Resources

(concurring in the judgment and in Part I of the opinion; dissenting from Part II of the opinion).

I concur in the judgment directing the circuit court to dismiss Rorer’s counterclaim against the Franklin County Department of Human Resources. I must respectfully dissent from the majority’s refusal to adopt the collateral order doctrine.

As the majority states, the Franklin County Department of Human Resources, along with the attorney general, has asked this Court to treat its petition as an interlocutory appeal and has urged the Court to adopt the collateral order doctrine employed by the…