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LAZERSON v. HILTON HEAD HOSP., INC.

No. 23977.

439 S.E.2d 836 (1993)

Suzanne LAZERSON, Respondent, v. HILTON HEAD HOSPITAL, INC., Hospital Corporation of America, Inc., James Nigriny, M.D., Michael A. Platt, M.D., Harold Hunter, M.D., Paul Houmann, M.D., B. Robert Trotter, M.D., Christopher Jansen, M.D., Hoffman-LaRoche, Inc., d/b/a Roche Laboratories, Coastal Emergency Services, Inc., Thomas Charles Meditz, Jr., Robert MacKay Lee and Linda Rene Yeary Schnelle, of whom Hilton Head Hospital, Inc. is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 6, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Barker, Bethea, Jordan & Griffin, P.A., Hilton Head, J. Rutledge Young, Jr. and Stephen P. Groves, Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, and Cody W. Smith, Jr., Holmes & Thomson, Charleston, for appellant.

James H. Moss, Beaufort, and James B. Richardson, Jr., Svalina, Richardson & Smith, Columbia, for respondents.

Michael W. Tighe and Louis H. Lang, Callison, Tighe, Robinson & Anastasion, Columbia, for amicus curiae SC Hosp. Ass'n.

Daryl G. Hawkins, Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, Columbia, for amicus curiae SC Trial Lawyers Ass'n.

MOORE, Justice:

Appellant (Hospital) appeals the trial judge's ruling that S.C.Code Ann. §§ 33-55-200(a) and -210 (1990), which limit a charitable organization's liability, are unconstitutional. We reverse.

FACTS

Respondent (Lazerson) commenced this medical malpractice action alleging she was injured by an overload of intravenous fluids and a subsequent unsuccessful endotracheal intubation to correct respiratory arrest. Hospital...

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