Court Dismisses Screening Doctors' Appeal of Protective Order Ruling

CLEVELAND - An Ohio appeals court has dismissed appeals filed by two doctors who were ordered by a trial court to produce documents related to their silicosis screening operations. Purdy, et al. v. Air Liquide America, et al., No. CV-03-506483 (Ohio Ct. App., Eighth App. Dist.).

In a Journal Entry issued April 3, the Eighth District Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal sua sponte, citing a lack of final appealable order.

'There is no signed journal entry nor any showing as to why an order of discovery would be subject to interlocutory appeal,' the entry said.

Drs. Paul Venizelos and …