Marvin Johnson, P.C. v. Superior Court

OPINION

JACOBSON, Judge.

Petitioners in this special action challenge the probate court’s order consolidating a tort action in which they are defendants with a *2pending probate proceeding involving the estate that filed suit against them for tort damages. The only issue we address is whether the probate court exceeded its subject matter jurisdiction by consolidating the tort action into the probate proceeding.1 Because petitioners have no plain, adequate, and speedy remedy by appeal from the consolidation order, and because the issue is purely one of law, we accepted special action jurisdiction.…