Land v. Whitley

Summary

The court held that defendants had no right to immediately appeal the interlocutory denial of their motions to dismiss based on the Emergency Act. The Act provides conditional immunity from civil liability, not immunity from suit, so the denial did not affect a substantial right and did not constitute an immediately appealable ruling on personal jurisdiction. The court therefore vacated the Court of Appeals' judgment and remanded for further proceedings without reaching the merits of the statutory-immunity questions.