In the

Court of Appeals

Second Appellate District of Texas

at Fort Worth ___________________________

No. 02-22-00084-CV

___________________________

On Appeal from the 415th District Court

Parker County, Texas

Trial Court No. CV20-0637

Before Wallach, J.; Sudderth, C.J.; and Walker, J. 

Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion

FLOYD ROGERS III, AS SURVIVING SON OF DECEASED FLOYD ROGERS,

JR. “JUNIOR,” Appellant

V. 

DR. AVI T. DESHMUKH, Appellee
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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Floyd Rogers III sued Texas Oncology, Corp.; Dr. David D’Spain; 

Dr. Than Nguyen; the Center For Cancer and Blood Disorder (the Center); UT 

Southwestern Medical Center; Medical City Weatherford, and Dr. Avi T. Deshmukh

on claims related to the death of Rogers’s father. In a series of orders, the trial court 

disposed of the claims against most of the defendants. Appellant filed a notice of 

appeal from the trial court’s March 3, 2022 order dismissing the claims against Dr. 

Deshmukh. That order does not, however, address claims against any other defendant 

and does not include language indicating that it is a final judgment. See In re Elizondo, 

544 S.W.3d 824, 826 (Tex. 2018) (orig. proceeding).

We have jurisdiction to consider appeals only from final judgments and from 

certain interlocutory orders made immediately appealable by statute. See Lehmann v. 

Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code 

Ann. § 51.014(a). A final judgment is one that disposes of every pending claim and 

party. See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 205. Unless a statutory exception applies, an order 

that does not dispose of all pending parties and claims remains interlocutory and 

unappealable until a final judgment is signed. See id.

With his notice of appeal, Appellant provided copies of the trial court’s other 

orders in the case. However, no order disposes of his claims against Texas Oncology. 

The order granting summary judgment for the Center does include the word “final”—

both as a phrase in the title (“Take Nothing Final Judgment”) and when stating that
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all other relief requested by the Center was denied (“[a]ll other relief sought in 

Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment not expressly granted in this Order and 

Final Judgment is DENIED”). However, the order addresses only the claims against 

the Center, does not address the claims against Texas Oncology, and does not recite 

that it disposes of all remaining parties and claims. See Shetewy v. Mediation Inst. of N. 

Tex., LLC, 624 S.W.3d 285, 288 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2021, no pet.) (noting that 

an order’s title does not determine whether the order is a final judgment); Wright v. 

Payne, No. 02-19-00147-CV, 2019 WL 6003243, at *2 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Nov. 

14, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op.) (stating that using the words “final” or “appealable” in 

an order does not make it final without a clear indication that the trial court intended 

the order to dispose of the entire case).

We notified Appellant that the order from which he was appealing did not 

appear to be a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. We informed him 

that unless he or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed with this court a 

response showing grounds for continuing the appeal, the appeal could be dismissed 

for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. Appellant filed a response 

asserting that the March 3, 2022 dismissal order was a final judgment as to all 

defendants. That order does not expressly dispose of the claims against Texas 

Oncology or include clear finality language. See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 205. Likewise, 

none of the other orders dispose of Texas Oncology or include language indicating

finality. See id.
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Because the order from which Appellant attempts to appeal is neither a final 

judgment nor an appealable interlocutory order, we dismiss his appeal for want of 

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

Per Curiam

Delivered: April 21, 2022