LANGLEY v. PIERCE

No. 23956.

438 S.E.2d 242 (1993)

Wilbur M. LANGLEY and Marguerite L. Petersen, Personal Representative of the Estate of Frances F. Langley, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Alan D. PIERCE, M.D., Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 8, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellis I. Kahn and Justin S. Kahn, of Solomon, Kahn, Budman & Stricker, Charleston, for plaintiff-appellants.

James D. Brice and Edwin P. Martin, Jr., of Gibbes & Clarkson, PA, Greenville, for defendant-respondent.


CHANDLER, Justice:

Pursuant to Rule 228 SCACR, the following question has been certified from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit:

Was the Statute of Repose contained in S.C.Code Ann. § 15-3-545 (Supp.1992) tolled by S.C.Code Ann. § 15-3-30 (1976) when [the Defendant] Dr. Pierce moved from South Carolina in 1984?

FACTS

In 1979 and 1980, Defendant Dr. Pierce, a resident of South Carolina, removed two...

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