JAMES v. LISTER

No. 2843.

331 S.C. 277 (1998)

500 S.E.2d 198

Timothy W. JAMES and Brenda James, Respondents, v. Debra B. LISTER, M.D., The Emergency Medicine Specialists of Conway Hospital, P.A., James C. Hughes, III, M.D., Coastal Surgical, P.A., and Conway Hospital, Inc., Defendants, of whom Conway Hospital, Inc., is, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 11, 1998.

Rehearing Denied June 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. McCutcheon, Jr., of McCutcheon, McCutcheon & Baxter, Conway; and Stephen P. Groves, J. Rutledge Young, Jr., and Stephen L. Brown, all of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, for appellant.

Glenn V. Ohanesian, of Ohanesian & Ohanesian, Myrtle Beach; and O. Fayrell Furr, of Furr & Henshaw, Myrtle Beach, for respondents.


HOWARD, Judge:

This case arises from the trial of a medical negligence action brought by Timothy and Brenda James (the Jameses) which resulted in a $1,500,000 jury verdict against Conway Hospital (Conway). Conway appeals the post trial denial of their motion to alter or amend judgment to conform to the statutorily mandated recovery cap for charitable organizations of $200,000 set by S.C.Code Ann. § 33-55-210 (1990).1 Conway also appeals...

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