MYLES v. LAFFITTE

No. 88-1345.

881 F.2d 125 (1989)

Martha E. MYLES, Administratrix of the Estate of Jennifer Michelle Edwards, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry Lucius LAFFITTE, M.D.; Thomas Baker Warren, M.D.; Doctors Laffitte and Warren, P.A., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Monteith P. Todd (William C. Hubbard, Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough on brief), for defendants-appellants.

Ellis I. Kahn (Solomon, Kahn, Smith & Baumil on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUSSELL, PHILLIPS, and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:

On February 17, 1987, Martha Myles filed diversity actions in the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina for wrongful death and pain and suffering arising from an alleged incident of medical malpractice resulting in the death of her daughter, Jennifer Michelle Edwards. The defendants live and practice medicine in Allendale County, South Carolina, and all the disputed treatment transpired there. The decedent was also...

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