Business Court Remand Orders Are Not Immediately Appealable, Fifteenth Court Holds

The Fifteenth Court of Appeals dismissed ETC Field Services' direct appeal from a Business Court remand order, holding that no statute authorizes interlocutory appeal of such orders and that remand orders are not final judgments. The court noted that a 2021 business court bill expressly authorized interlocutory appeals from remand orders but the enacted Chapter 25A omitted that provision, and the Legislature clearly knew how to draft such authorization but chose not to do so.