APPELLATE PRACTICE — Interlocutory Appeals — Where Issues Are Subsumed in Substantive Appeal, Interlocutory Appeal May Be Refused

Interlocutory appeals may become moot when the substantive trial concludes. The court may refuse to entertain an interlocutory appeal if the issues are subsumed in the substantive appeal. The principle promotes judicial efficiency. The appellant may raise the issues in the substantive appeal. The rule…