RICHARDS v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.

No. 90-1487.

928 F.2d 241 (1991)

David A. RICHARDS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Maritote, Florence L. Bain, Kanoski & Associates, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen R. Kaufmann, Sorling, Northrup, Hanna, Cullen & Cochran, Springfield, Ill., Frances E. Prell, Julie P. Shelton, Colin Smith, Thomas Woodrow, Burke, Bosselman & Weaver, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

The appellant David A. Richards ("Richards") in essence challenges a discovery order that bars his tardy addition of an expert witness. Such pretrial orders are appealable only after a final judgment decides the case on the merits. The District Court has not decided the merits in this case, so we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

Discussion

As part of discovery in this case, Richards sought to name...

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