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HOOK v. ROTHSTEIN

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275 S.C. 187 (1980)

268 S.E.2d 288

Judith L. Summers HOOK, as Administratrix of Estate of Jack R. Summers, Respondent, v. Jerry C. ROTHSTEIN, M.D., Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

July 22, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robinson, McFadden, Moore & Pope, and Malcolm E. Rentz, Columbia, for appellant.

O. Fayrell Furr, Jr., Columbia, for respondent.

Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr., of Whaley, McCutchen & Blanton, Columbia, on behalf of S.C. Medical Association; and Joel D. Bailey, of Moss, Carter, Branton & Bailey, Beaufort, amicus curiae, for S.C. Trial Lawyers Association.

July 22, 1980.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Defendant, Dr. Jerry C. Rothstein appeals from the granting of summary judgment on the liability issue against him in this medical malpractice action. We reverse.

The pleadings and depositions establish that plaintiff's intestate, Jack R. Summers, was experiencing abdominal pain and employed Dr. Liverman, a general practitioner, to treat him in the fall of 1971. The following...

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