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U.S. BANK TRUST NAT. ASS'N v. BELL

No. 4615.

385 S.C. 380 (2009)

684 S.E.2d 566

Frederick T. McKNIGHT, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Brooks Leon Thomas, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS and Just Care, Inc., Defendants, of whom Just Care, Inc. is the Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided September 9, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Bell, III, and C. Carter Elliott, Jr., both of Georgetown, for Appellant.

Mason A. Summers and William C. McDow, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

KONDUROS, J.

As personal representative of Brooks Leon Thomas's estate, Frederick T. McKnight filed a survival and wrongful death action against the South Carolina Department of Corrections (the Department) and Just Care, Inc.1 after inmate Thomas committed suicide. The trial court granted Just Care's motion for summary judgment finding any deficiency in treatment was too attenuated from Thomas...

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