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$3.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Suicide By Drowning

June 27, 2019

After a five-day South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death trial, the jury returned its verdict in the amount of $3,500,250 against the defendant medical practice that employed the two defendant physicians (the two defendant physicians were found not liable by the jury) for the wrongful deat[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Denial Of Nursing Home’s Motion To Compel Arbitration

May 9, 2019

In its opinion dated May 1, 2019, the Court of Appeals of the State of South Carolina (“South Carolina Appellate Court”) affirmed the circuit court’s denial of the defendant nursing home’s motion to compel arbitration of the plaintiff’s nursing home negligence claims (s[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Rules Quest Diagnostics Is A Licensed Health Care Provider

August 29, 2018

The South Carolina Supreme Court held in its opinion filed on June 27, 2018 that a genetic testing laboratory that performs genetic testing to detect an existing disease or disorder at the request of a patient’s treating physician is acting as a “licensed health care provider” unde[...]

$1.26M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Infant’s Hand Injury Due To IV Infiltration

May 29, 2018

On May 9, 2018, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury returned its verdict in favor of a one-month-old child and his mother in the amount of $1,127,280 for the infant and $135,477 for his mother, for the son’s hand injury due to IV infiltration into the back of his hand. The South Carolina[...]

Four South Carolina Breast Surgery Patients File Lawsuits Against Hospital After Acquiring Same Infection

May 4, 2018

Earlier this month, four patients who had breast reconstruction surgery following treatment for breast cancer at a South Carolina hospital and acquired the same type infection filed their South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuits against the hospital, alleging that the hospital knew but failed to [...]

$450,000 South Carolina Nursing Home Wrongful Death Verdict

April 15, 2018

A South Carolina nursing home negligence jury recently returned its verdict in favor of the family of an elderly resident who died as a result of gross negligence at a South Carolina nursing home. The verdict included $250,000 to compensate the resident’s estate for the man’s conscious p[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Holds Affidavit From Expert In Related Field Sufficient In Medical Malpractice Case

March 14, 2018

The South Carolina Supreme Court held in its decision issued on February 28, 2018 that the South Carolina medical malpractice plaintiff’s expert affidavit from a doctor who is not certified in or does not practice in the same area of medicine as the defendant doctor, but otherwise possesses sp[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Applies Statute Of Repose To Overturn Summary Judgment For Medical Malpractice Defendants

February 26, 2018

The State of South Carolina Court of Appeals (“South Carolina Appellate Court”) overturned summary judgment that the trial court had entered in favor of the defendant physician and the defendant medical university in a case decided on February 7, 2018, finding that the circuit court erre[...]

$10M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict Against Urologist For Missed Diagnosis Of Kidney Cancer

November 16, 2017

The family of a 70-year-old woman who died from kidney cancer that had metastasized to other parts of her body and led to her death received a medical malpractice verdict in the amount of $10 million from a South Carolina medical malpractice jury that determined that the defendant urologist and his [...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Reverses Directed Verdict For Physician In Lung Cancer Misdiagnosis Case

September 30, 2017

The South Carolina Court of Appeals stated in its opinion filed on September 14, 2017, “In this highly technical field, where there may not be clear markers indicating by what method a cancer spreads, it was an error of law to direct a verdict in favor of Respondents because Dr. Singer [the [...]

$1M South Carolina Nursing Home Settlement For Pain Medication Stolen From Dying Man

July 15, 2017

A South Carolina nursing home recently agreed to settle nursing home abuse claims that a medical technician who was an employee of the nursing home allegedly stole powerful opioid pain medication (Percocet) prescribed for a 75-year-old resident who was dying a painful death from pancreatic cancer,[...]

Alligator Killed South Carolina Nursing Home Resident Who Wandered Off

July 10, 2017

A nursing home negligence lawsuit filed by the granddaughter of a 90-year-old resident of a South Carolina nursing home claims that the defendant nursing home’s failure to provide a safe environment for the resident and its failure to ensure her safety resulted in the resident wandering from t[...]

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