BENTON v. ROGER C. PEACE HOSP.

No. 24018.

443 S.E.2d 537 (1994)

Marvin BENTON and Dorothy Benton, Respondents, v. ROGER C. PEACE HOSPITAL, Appellant. Michael Wayne BENTON, by his Guardian ad Litem, Marvin BENTON, Respondent, v. ROGER C. PEACE HOSPITAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Refiled April 25, 1994.

Rehearing Denied May 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Dewey Oxner, Jr., and Edwin B. Parkinson, Jr., both of Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard, Greenville, for appellant.

Kellum W. Allen, of Kirkland, Wilson, Moore, Allen, Deneen & Taylor, P.A., West Columbia; and Kenneth M. Mathews, Columbia, for respondents.


FINNEY, Justice:

We granted rehearing to consider our opinion in these cases. The prior opinion is vacated and the following substituted in its place.

These companion cases involve Michael Benton, a mentally retarded individual with Down's Syndrome. Michael, through his father as guardian ad litem, brought an action alleging that Michael sustained injuries and was treated negligently at Roger C. Peace Rehabilitation...

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