Scott v. Jackson

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

The issue we must decide is whether this court has jurisdiction to review pretrial orders of the trial court requiring discovery of information under the “extraordinary necessity” exception to the District of Columbia’s statutory peer review privilege governing certain medical records and reports. D.C.Code § 32-505(a) (1988). We hold that the orders, lacking requisites of finality, may not be appealed at this time.

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These are consolidated appeals from discovery orders directing appellant Washington Hospital Center Corporation to produce the personnel file of appellant…