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EPSTEIN v. BROWN

No. 25953.

363 S.C. 372 (2005)

610 S.E.2d 816

Franklin M. EPSTEIN, M.D. and Southern Neurological Institute, Appellants, v. David A. BROWN, Esquire, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided March 21, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh M. Claytor, and Heather Goetz Ruth, of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge and Rice, of Greenville, for Appellants.

M. Dawes Cook, Jr., and P. Gunnar Nistad, of Barnwell, Whaley, Patterson and Helms, of Charleston, for Respondents.

Justice WALLER:

We certified this case from the Court of Appeals pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR. The issue on appeal involves the date on which the statute of limitations (SOL) for a legal malpractice claim begins to run.

FACTS

Dr. Franklin Epstein (Appellant) performed spinal fusion surgery on Marshall O. Welch in February, 1996. Welch died three days later of complications.1 Welch's estate brought wrongful death and...

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