Smith v. Cleveland Clinic

Eileen A. Gallagher, Judge.

{¶ 1} Appellants appeal an interlocutory order denying a motion for a protective order. Defendants-appellants Community Health Partners, Community Health Partners of Ohio, Community Health Partners Regional Health System, Community Health Partners Regional Medical Center, and Eli White (hereinafter collectively referred to as “defendants-appellants”) 1 argue that the trial court erred in determining that no peer-review privilege existed and that defendants-appellants waived any privilege that may have existed. For the following reasons, we affirm the decision of the…