HOARD EX REL. HOARD v. ROPER HOSP., INC.

No. 26813.

387 S.C. 539 (2010)

694 S.E.2d 1

Jamia HOARD, a minor under the age of fourteen years, by Karen Elizabeth HOARD, her Mother, Respondent, 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 Petitioner. Karen Elizabeth Hoard and William Dwight, Respondents, 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 Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 3, 2010.

Rehearing Denied June 24, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, of Columbia, M. Dawes Cooke, Jr. and John A. Jones, of Barnwell Whaley Patterson & Helms, of Charleston, for Petitioner.

Cameron Lee Marshall, of Charleston, and Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., of Gibbs & Holmes, of Charleston, for Respondents.


Justice KITTREDGE:

In this medical malpractice case, the court of appeals reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment in favor of Petitioner Robert Smith, M.D. We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Hoard v. Roper Hospital, Inc., 377 S.C. 503, 661 S.E.2d 113 (Ct.App.2008). We reverse the decision of the...

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