JONES v. GRIFFITH

No. 88-2570.

870 F.2d 1363 (1989)

Carol JONES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jon W. Jones, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold W. GRIFFITH, M.D., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 30, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Fenton, Barrett & McNagny, Ft. Wayne, Ind., for defendant-appellant.

Daniel A. Roby, Roby & Hood, Ft. Wayne, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Dr. Harold Griffith, the potential defendant in a prospective malpractice case, appeals from a "preliminary determination" made by a federal district court under the Indiana Medical Malpractice Act (Ind.Code §§ 16-9.5-1-1 et seq.). See 688 F.Supp. 446 (N.D.Ind.1988). Preliminary determinations (as the name implies) ordinarily lack finality, and...

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