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CHASTAIN v. ANMED HEALTH FOUNDATION

No. 26829.

388 S.C. 170 (2010)

694 S.E.2d 541

Phillip CHASTAIN, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Ruth Chastain, Appellant, v. ANMED HEALTH FOUNDATION, a/k/a Anderson Area Medical Center, Inc., Jennifer Wright, RN, Cindy Wilson, RN, Janet Kincaid, RN, Marilyn Crawford, RN, Kris Burris, RN and Kristina Goldsmith, RN, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 14, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Wright, III, and Chad A. McGowan, both of McGowan, Hood and Felder, of Anderson, and F. Patrick Hubbard, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Andrew F. Lindemann, of Davidson & Lindemann, of Columbia, Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, both of Columbia, and V. Clark Price and Fred W. Suggs, III, both of Greenville, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM:

Appellant Ruth Chastain appeals orders reducing her verdict against respondent AnMed to $300,000 pursuant to a statutory cap and upholding the constitutionality of that cap. On appeal, she challenges the decision to reduce the verdict and also argues that the statutory caps violate several constitutional provisions. We affirm.

FACTS

Appellant was hospitalized for circulatory problems at AnMed where she was under the care of the...

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