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CULLUM MECHANICAL v. S.C. BAPTIST HOSP.

No. 25265.

344 S.C. 426 (2001)

544 S.E.2d 838

CULLUM MECHANICAL CONSTRUCTION, INC., Plaintiff, v. SOUTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Jenkins, Hancock & Sides Architects and Planners, Inc., Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Fairfield Flooring, Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Ross Wallcovering Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Spratlin Electric Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Sumter Lumber Company, Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Palmetto Automatic Sprinkler Co., Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants. Columbia Glass, Inc., Plaintiff, v. South Carolina Baptist Hospital, a/k/a Baptist Medical Center, Miller-Sharpe, Inc., John M. Miller, Donald R. Sharpe, and General Accident Insurance Company of America, Defendants, of whom Cullum Mechanical Construction, Inc., Fairfield Floorings, Inc., Ross Wallcovering Co., Inc., Spratlin Electric Co., Inc., Palmetto Sprinkler Co., Inc., and Columbia Glass, Inc., are, Petitioners, Jenkins, Hancock & Sides Architects and Planners, Inc., and the General Accident Insurance Company of America, are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 26, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel T. Brailsford and J. Kershaw Spong, of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, P.C., of Columbia, for petitioner.

R. Davis Howser and Andrew E. Haselden, of Howser, Newman & Besley, L.L.C., of Columbia, for respondent Jenkins, Hancock & Sides Architects and Planners, Inc.

D. Cravens Ravenel, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia; and John V. Burch, of Bovis, Kyle & Burch, of Atlanta, Georgia, for respondent General Accident Insurance Company of America.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

MOORE, Justice:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision finding that respondent (Architect) did not owe a duty of reasonable care to petitioner (Cullum). Cullum Mechanical Constr., Inc. v. South Carolina Baptist Hosp., 336 S.C. 423, 520 S.E.2d 809 (Ct.App.1999). We reverse.

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