PREER v. MIMS

No. 24492.

476 S.E.2d 472 (1996)

John PREER and Jacquelyn M. Preer, Appellants, v. Albert D. MIMS, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided September 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Henshaw, Jr., of Furr and Henshaw, Columbia, for Appellants.

Hoover C. Blanton, Jeter E. Rhodes, Jr. and John C. Bradley, Jr., all of McCutcheon, Blanton, Rhodes & Johnson, Columbia, for Respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

In these consolidated medical malpractice actions, John Preer ("Preer") and Jacquelyn Preer ("Mrs. Preer") appeal the trial court's directed verdict in favor of Dr. Albert Mims. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Preer began seeing Dr. Mims in 1982. Some time later, Preer became acquainted with the prescription drug Vicodin when he took some of the drug his wife was using. The Vicodin relieved his...

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