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LANHAM v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD

No. 25458.

349 S.C. 356 (2002)

563 S.E.2d 331

Melvin E. LANHAM, Respondent, v. BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF SOUTH CAROLINA, INC., Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hoover C. Blanton and Ruskin C. Foster, of McCutchen, Blanton, Rhodes & Johnson, of Columbia, for petitioner.

James B. Richardson, Jr. and J. Layne Birdsong, of Richardson and Birdsong, of Columbia, for respondent.

Justice WALLER:

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in Lanham v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 338 S.C. 343, 526 S.E.2d 253 (Ct.App.2000). We affirm as modified.

FACTS

We adopt the Court of Appeals' statement of facts, as follows:

On February 13, 1986, Melvin Lanham went to his doctor for an annual physical. The physical exam revealed...

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