GOODING v. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER HOSP.

No. 24629.

326 S.C. 248 (1997)

487 S.E.2d 596

Jim Curtis GOODING, Respondent, v. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER HOSPITAL and Judith Hood, M.D., Petitioners.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 2, 1997.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., of Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, P.A., Columbia; Elliott T. Halio, of Halio & Halio, P.A., and M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., of Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson & Helms, Charleston, for petitioners.

James H. Moss and H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Moss & Kuhn, P.A., Beaufort, for respondent.


BURNETT, Justice:

We granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Gooding v. St. Francis Xavier Hospital, 317 S.C. 320, 454 S.E.2d 328 (Ct.App.1995). We affirm in part and reverse in part.

FACTS

Respondent (Gooding) brought this medical malpractice action against petitioners (Hospital and Dr. Hood) alleging Dr. Hood, an anesthesiologist, chipped...

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