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ELLIS BY ELLIS v. NILES

No. 24525.

324 S.C. 223 (1996)

479 S.E.2d 47

Michael Anthony ELLIS, Deceased, by Deborah Scott ELLIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Anthony Ellis, Respondent, v. Judith Ann NILES, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jack Niles, Jr., M.D., Petitioner. Michael Anthony ELLIS, Deceased, by Deborah Scott ELLIS, Personal Representative of the Estate of Michael Anthony Ellis, Respondent, v. Raymond P. BYNOE, M.D., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 12, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pope and Roy F. Laney, Columbia, for petitioner Judith Ann Niles.

Ernest J. Nauful, Jr. and Andrew F. Lindemann, Columbia, for petitioner Raymond P. Bynoe, M.D.

Kimberly A. Raber, Columbia; Michael J. Miller and Deborah A. Vitale, Alexandria, Virginia, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in this medical malpractice case. Ellis v. Niles, 316 S.C. 516, 450 S.E.2d 631 (Ct.App.1994). We vacate that opinion, and decide the pure question of law presented by this appeal: Whether the trial court erred in directing verdicts for the doctors because they owed no duty to the patient, respondent's deceased? We affirm.

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