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DOUGLASS v. FLORENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL

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273 S.C. 716 (1979)

259 S.E.2d 117

Virginia Elaine DOUGLASS, Appellant, v. FLORENCE GENERAL HOSPITAL, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 10, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Jacobs and Charles Molony Condon, both of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, Columbia, for Appellant.

Saunders M. Bridges, Jr. of Bridges, Bridges & Orr, Florence, for Respondent.

October 10, 1979.

GREGORY, Justice:

Appellant Virginia Elaine Douglass brought this action against respondent Florence General Hospital (Hospital) seeking actual and punitive damages for personal injuries she sustained while a patient in the Hospital. This appeal is from the order of the lower court dismissing the complaint on the ground the Hospital is protected by charitable immunity.

On or about December 4, 1974, appellant was admitted to the Hospital...

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