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HOARD v. ROPER HOSP., INC.

No. 4377.

377 S.C. 503 (2008)

661 S.E.2d 113

Jamia HOARD, a minor under the age of fourteen years, by Karen Elizabeth Hoard, her mother, Appellant, v. ROPER HOSPITAL, INC.; Carolina Care Alliance; Karen Johnson; Robert H. Smith, M.D.; Marshall Goldstein, M.D.; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing one or more unknown parties, Defendants, of whom: Robert H. Smith, M.D., is the Respondent. Karen Elizabeth Hoard and William Dwight, Appellants, v. Roper Hospital, Inc.; Carolina Care Alliance; Karen Johnson; Robert H. Smith, M.D.; Marshall Goldstein, M.D.; and John Doe and Mary Roe, representing one or more unknown parties, Defendants, of whom: Robert H. Smith, M.D., is the Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard March 5, 2008.

Decided March 27, 2008.

Refiled April 24, 2008.

Rehearing Denied May 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., Cameron Marshall, and Paul N. Uricchio, all of Charleston, for Appellants.

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Columbia, M. Dawes Cooke, Jr., and P. Gunnar Nistad, both of Charleston, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:

In this medical malpractice action, Jamia Hoard and her parents, Karen Elizabeth Hoard and William Dwight (collectively the Hoards), appeal the trial court's grant of summary judgment to Dr. Robert H. Smith on their cause of action for medical malpractice. The Hoards assert they provided evidence Dr. Smith was a proximate cause of Jamia's injuries. We reverse.

FACTS

Jamia was born on March 30, 2002, at Roper Hospital (the Hospital) in...

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