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HODGE v. CRAFTS-FARROW STATE HOSPITAL

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286 S.C. 437 (1985)

334 S.E.2d 818

Joseph A. HODGE, Sr., as Executor of the Estate of Katherine W. Hodge, Deceased, Respondent, v. CRAFTS-FARROW STATE HOSPITAL, A DIVISION OF the S.C. DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas McKay, Jr. and R. Howard Grubbs, of McKay, McKay, Grubbs & Nunn, P.A., Columbia, for appellant.

Francis T. Draine, of Draine & McLaren, P.A., Columbia, for respondent.

Heard April 23, 1985.

Decided Sept. 26, 1985.

LITTLEJOHN, Chief Justice:

The Plaintiff-Respondent, Joseph A. Hodge, as Executor of the estate of Katherine W. Hodge, deceased, commenced this action to collect damages for the alleged wrongful death of his 61-year-old wife from the Defendant-Appellant, Crafts-Farrow State Hospital (a state-owned institution) and against the State Commissioner of Mental Health, Dr. William S. Hall and against Richland...

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