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JONES v. OWINGS

No. 24213.

456 S.E.2d 371 (1995)

Ralph T. JONES, Jr. individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Alice D. Jones, deceased, Appellant, v. Ralph S. OWINGS, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Joel Chastain and Desa A. Ballard, of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Barnwell, and Thomas D. Rogers, of Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, for appellant.

Ernest J. Nauful, Jr., and Andrew F. Lindemann, of Ellis, Lawhorne, Davidson & Sims, Columbia, for respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

Ralph T. Jones, Jr. (Jones), personal representative of Alice Jones' (Decedent) estate, claims the trial judge erred in failing to apply the "loss of chance" doctrine to this medical malpractice case. We disagree and affirm.

FACTS

In October 1987, Ralph Owings (Owings), a licensed physician and specialist in orthopaedic surgery, treated Decedent for a fractured left femur. Decedent had a pre-operative chest x-ray on October 27, 1987...

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