SHARPE v. S.C. DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH

0904

292 S.C. 11 (1987)

354 S.E.2d 778

James L. SHARPE, as Administrator of the Estate of Bobby Charles Sharpe, Deceased, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; Oliver Norman Evans, M.D.; and Patrick H. McDonaugh, M.D., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 16, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Isadore S. Bernstein, Columbia, and Walter G. Metcalfe, Cayce, for appellant.

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and George C. Beighley, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock, and Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Edwin E. Evans, Columbia, for respondents.


Heard Jan. 21, 1987.

Decided March 16, 1987.

SHAW, Judge:

In this action for damages based on the alleged wrongful death of his brother, appellant, James L. Sharpe, as Administrator of the Estate of Bobby Charles Sharpe, Deceased, appeals the trial court's judgment for respondents, South Carolina Department of Mental Health; Oliver Norman Evans, M.D.; and Patrick H. McDonaugh, M.D. (hereinafter "defendants"). We affirm.

On April 30, 1979, the...

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