South Carolina medical malpractice verdict Archives

$315K South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Fall In Hospital

June 26, 2026

In April 2026, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury in Richland County determined that defendant Prisma Health Richland Hospital was liable for $315,000 in damages for the fractured hip suffered by an 88-year-old patient who fell in the hospital. The patient was required to undergo surgery to t[...]

$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’[...]

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[...]

$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[...]

$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 [...]

$1.1M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Hospital Negligence Leading To Death

June 28, 2017

On May 26, 2017, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury awarded the South Carolina medical malpractice wrongful death plaintiff $1 million in noneconomic damages and $103,054.10 in economic damages, after a four-day trial. The South Carolina medical malpractice jury determined that the defenda[...]

$1.5M South Carolina Medical Malpractice Verdict For Emergency Room Negligence Leading to Death

October 29, 2016

On October 20, 2016, a South Carolina medical malpractice jury rendered a verdict in the amount of $1,500,000 in favor of the estate of a 41-year-old man whom the jury found to have been the victim of emergency room malpractice that led to his untimely death. The defendant was the for-profit corpora[...]

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