HAWKINS v. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES

No. 2780.

330 S.C. 92 (1998)

498 S.E.2d 395

Richard B. HAWKINS, as Administrator of the Estate of Susan T. Hawkins, Deceased, for the Benefit of Richard B. Hawkins, Husband of the Deceased, and Jacob Nathaniel Hawkins and Charles Jordan Harkins, Minor Children of the Deceased, Respondent/Appellant, v. PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES OF GREENVILLE, P.A. and Eugene C. Cox, M.D., Appellants/Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided January 12, 1998.

Rehearing Dismissed March 17, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Dewey Oxner, Jr., and Sally McMillan Purnell, both of Haynsworth, Marion, McKay & Guerard, Greenville, for appellants/respondents.

D. Michael Parham, of Parham & Smith, of Greenville; Dennis T. Cathey, of Cathey & Strain, Cornelia, GA; and James Lee Ford, of Ford & Felton, Atlanta, GA, for respondent/appellant.


HUFF, Judge:

Richard B. Hawkins, as the administrator of the estate of Susan T. Hawkins, brought wrongful death and survival actions against Pathology Associates of Greenville and Eugene C. Cox, M.D., hereinafter Pathology Associates. The jury awarded Hawkins $1,100,000 in the wrongful death action and $3,500,000 in the survival action. The trial court denied Pathology Associates's motions for new trial and/or new trial nisi in both actions. In addition, the...

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