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STEPHENS v. DRAFFIN

No. 24632.

327 S.C. 1 (1997)

488 S.E.2d 307

William Paul STEPHENS, Appellant, v. David S. DRAFFIN, M.D., Respondent. Myrna STEPHENS, Appellant, v. David S. DRAFFIN, M.D., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Vernon F. Glenn, Mt. Pleasant; Philip A. Berlinsky, North Charleston; and Kermit S. King, Columbia, for appellants.

M. Dawes Cooke, Jr. and Eleanor D. Washburn, Charleston, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is an appeal from jury verdicts for the respondent doctor in a trial which consolidated appellant William Stephens'(Stephens') medical malpractice claim and his wife appellant Myrna Stephens' (Wife's) action for loss of consortium. Stephens and Wife allege the trial judge committed error in charging the jury both contributory and comparative negligence, contending he should have charged comparative...

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