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

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297 S.C. 363 (1989)

377 S.E.2d 125

Vicki H. ROGERS, Executrix of the Estate of Helone C. Harrison, Deceased, Appellant v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH; William S. Hall, M.D.; Karl V. Doskocil, M.D.; Alphonso Pasicatan, M.D.; and N.A. Desrosiers, M.D., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 23, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardwick Stuart, Jr., and Theodore Von Keller of Adams, Quackenbush, Herring & Stuart, Columbia, for appellant.

Ernest J. Nauful, Jr., and William H. Davidson, II of Nauful & Ellis, Columbia, for respondents.

Heard Dec. 14, 1988.

Decided Jan. 23, 1989.

BELL, Judge:

This is an action for wrongful death. The decedent, Helone C. Harrison, was shot and killed by her sister, Sybil Ann Corley, a former patient of the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. Harrison's personal representative, Vicki Rogers, sued the Department, the Commissioner of Mental Health, the Superintendent of the State Hospital, and two doctors...

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