South Carolina medical malpractice lawyers Archives

South Carolina Appellate Court Finds Assumption Of Risk Jury Instruction In Medical Malpractice Case Was Given In Error But Upholds Defense Verdict Nonetheless

December 30, 2025

Before undergoing breast reduction and implant removal surgery, Rebecca Turisk signed a consent form acknowledging that “[a]lternative methods and therapies, their benefits, material risks and disadvantages” had been explained to her; she understood and accepted that the most likely risk[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Revives Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Complaint, Holding That Expert’s Affidavit Was Sufficient

November 6, 2025

On January 18, 2018, Douglas Williford was involved in a motor vehicle accident and drove himself to the AnMed Health emergency room (ER) in Anderson County. Williford arrived in the ER at approximately 9:08 p.m. and was discharged at 10:39 p.m., “ten minutes after his brief examination”[...]

$16M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Death Of Baby Shortly After Birth

May 17, 2025

A Spartanburg County South Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded $16 million for the death of a newborn shortly after birth that the jury found would have been avoided had the medical staff provided timely and appropriate medical care during labor and delivery. The mother arrived at the hospital[...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Affirms Jury Verdict In Medical Malpractice Wrongful Death Case

March 9, 2025

Background Facts William “Bill” Pratt and his wife, Rita Pratt, moved from Florida to Rock Hill, South Carolina in February 2015, to becloser to their oldest daughter and her two young children. Around 12:30 a.m. on March 2, 2015, Pratt fell down a flight of stairs at the daughter’[...]

$1M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Settlement For Death Due To Sepsis From Perforated Uterus

June 8, 2024

In January 2024, a settlement in the amount of $1 million was reached in a South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death claim involving the allegedly negligently performed diagnostic hysteroscopy on a patient during which the defendant gynecologist perforated the patient’s uterine wall an[...]

South Carolina Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Medical Device Used During Heart Surgery Led To Infection, Death

March 26, 2024

A South Carolina medical malpractice lawsuit filed on January 8, 2024 alleges, in part: On March 15, 2019, Markeith Gerald had a LVAD [left ventricular assist device] placed at MUSC) [Medical University of South Carolina]. A Sorin 3T device was used during this procedure. Per the MUSC records, medic[...]

South Carolina Lawsuit Alleges Ambulance Service Failed To Provide Oxygen And Failed To Secure Patient, Leading To Death

January 29, 2024

At about 3 a.m. on April 16, 2022, two employees with Medway Ambulance Service in South Carolina reportedly responded to the home of 72-year-old Kenneth LaPorte Sr., whose oxygen saturation level was measured at that time at about 74%, which is dangerously low. According to a lawsuit recently filed [...]

South Carolina Appellate Court Applies Emergency Situation Law In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Medical Malpractice Case

January 25, 2023

Emergency Situation Law Applied In Shoulder Dystocia Birth Injury Case: Section 15-32-230 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2022) requires gross negligence to impose liability in certain emergency and obstetrical care situations: Section 15-32-230 provides:(A) In an action involving a medical malpra[...]

Charleston Hospital Faces Additional Lawsuits Alleging Bacteria In Water Caused Infections In Surgery Patients

January 21, 2022

The Post and Courier reported in December 2021 that breast cancer survivors who had surgery at Roper Hospital (Roper) in Charleston, South Carolina filed lawsuits in November 2021 alleging that they developed non-tuberculous mycobacteria infections following breast reconstruction surgery at Roper. N[...]

South Carolina Supreme Court Refuses To Enforce Assisted Living Facility Arbitration Agreement

March 28, 2021

The Supreme Court of South Carolina, in its opinion dated March 10, 2021, held: “Under the facts of this case, neither the GDPOA [General Durable Power of Attorney] nor the HCPOA [Health Care Power of Attorney] granted Arredondo authority to execute the arbitration agreement. Therefore, we rev[...]

South Carolina Lawsuit Alleges Improper Restraint Of Psychiatric Patient Caused His Suffocation Death

November 27, 2019

On October 21, 2019, a Notice of Intent to File Suit was filed against the South Carolina Department of Mental Health, a psychiatric hospital, and others, alleging that “[s]everal facility staff members grabbed William from behind and threw him to the floor by his head and neck. As William lay[...]

$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[...]

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