BLAKE v. SPARTANBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL

23554

307 S.C. 14 (1992)

413 S.E.2d 816

Leneace BLAKE, by her Guardian ad Litem, Deborah ADAMS, Respondent v. SPARTANBURG GENERAL HOSPITAL, Cardiovascular Anesthesia, P.A., Mazen Al-Sawaf, and Cheryl Alexander, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William U. Gunn, of Holcombe, Bomar, Cothran & Gunn, P.A., Spartanburg, for appellant Spartanburg General Hosp.

William M. Hagood, III, of Love, Thornton, Arnold & Thomason, Greenville, for appellants Cardiovascular Anesthesia, P.A. and Mazen Al-Sawaf.

Cary C. Doyle and John M. O'Rourk, Anderson, for appellant Cheryl Alexander.

Charles L. Henshaw, Jr., of Furr & Henshaw, P.A., Columbia, and O. Fayrell Furr, Jr., of Furr & Henshaw, P.A., Myrtle Beach, for respondent.


Submitted Nov. 21, 1991.

Decided Jan. 13, 1992.

HARWELL, Justice:

The primary issue before this Court is whether the trial judge erred in granting respondent Leneace Blake (Blake) a new trial on the grounds that a bailiff's comments may have influenced jury deliberations. We affirm.

I. FACTS

Blake underwent coronary bypass surgery in 1987 at Spartanburg General Hospital. She allegedly was administered an excessive amount of potassium...

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