TAYLOR v. MEDENICA

No. 24808.

331 S.C. 575 (1998)

503 S.E.2d 458

Gayle H. TAYLOR, deceased, by her personal representative Thomas Calvin Taylor, and Thomas C. Taylor, Respondents, v. Rajko D. MEDENICA, M.D., and Cancer-Immuno Biology Laboratory, Inc., Defendants, of whom Cancer-Immuno Biology Laboratory, Inc., is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 22, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., and Matthew H. Henrikson, of Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson & Helms, LLC, Charleston, for appellant.

Terry A. Finger, of Finger & Taylor, P.A., Hilton Head; Andrew M. Scherffius, Atlanta, GA; and John E. Parker and Ronnie L. Crosby, of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., Hampton, for respondents.


BURNETT, Justice:

Appellant Cancer-Immuno Biology Laboratory, Inc. (CIBL) appeals the trial court's order awarding respondent Gayle H. Taylor (Mrs. Taylor) attorney's fees and costs under the South Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act (the UTPA).1 S.C.Code Ann. § 39-5-140(a) (1985). We affirm.

ISSUES

I. Does S.C.Code Ann. § 39-5-140(a) violate equal protection because it allows recovery of attorney's...

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