FIELDS v. REGIONAL MED. CENTER ORANGEBURG

No. 3623.

354 S.C. 445 (2003)

581 S.E.2d 489

Vergie W. FIELDS, Individually and as the Personal Representative of Thomas Edison Fields, Deceased, Appellant, v. REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ORANGEBURG South Carolina and F. Simons Hane, M.D., Defendants, Of whom F. Simons Hane, M.D. is Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 14, 2003.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Marvin Mullis, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant.

Julius W. McKay, II and Kathleen Devereaux Schultz, of Columbia, for Respondent.


ANDERSON, J.:

Vergie Fields brought an action individually and on behalf of her husband's estate against Orangeburg Regional Medical Center ("hospital") and Dr. Simons Hane for wrongful death and medical malpractice. Fields claimed the hospital and Hane were negligent and committed medical malpractice leading to her husband's death. During the trial, the circuit court excluded the testimony of one of Fields's experts regarding his credentials. Additionally, the circuit...

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