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McGEE v. BRUCE HOSP. SYSTEM

No. 24387.

468 S.E.2d 633 (1996)

Ralph M. "Mike" McGEE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donna L. McGee, Respondent/Appellant, v. BRUCE HOSPITAL SYSTEM, Palmer M. Kirkpatrick, Jr., M.D., Alan Blaker, M.D., Reginald S. Bolick, M.D., and Joseph M. Pearson, M.D., both individually and d/b/a Pee Dee Surgical Group, P.A., and Margaret E. Lee, M.D., individually and d/b/a Pee Dee Radiology Group, Defendants, of whom Joseph M. Pearson, M.D., is Appellant/Respondent, and Alan Blaker, M.D., and Margaret E. Lee, M.D., are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied April 22, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Deborah Harrison Sheffield, both of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia, for appellant/respondent and respondents.

William W. Doar, Jr., of McNair & Sanford, Georgetown, for respondent Margaret E. Lee, M.D.

David A. Brown, Aiken, for respondent Alan Blaker, M.D.

Edwin P. Martin and Teresa A. Clemenz, both of Turner, Padgett, Graham & Laney, P.A., Columbia, for appellant/respondent.

David W. Goldman, Diane M. Rodriquez, and Terrell T. Horne, all of Bryan, Bahnmuller, King, Goldman & McEleveen, Sumter, for respondent/appellant.

MOORE, Justice:

This is a medical malpractice case. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS

In October 1991 Donna McGee was treated at Bruce Hospital for solitary rectal ulcer syndrome. Treatment included resting the bowels and intravenous (IV) nutrition. The IV infiltrated and was removed and another one could not be started. Donna's gastroenterologist, Dr. Kirkpatrick, ordered a subclavin central venous catheter, which is a...

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