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GUFFEY v. COLUMBIA/COLLETON REG. HOSP.

No. 25974.

364 S.C. 158 (2005)

612 S.E.2d 695

Brenda A. GUFFEY, Personal Representative of the Estate of James Fred Guffey, Appellant, v. COLUMBIA/COLLETON REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC., W.W. King, M.D., and David E. Meacher, M.D., P.A., Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 25, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Parker and Bert G. Utsey, III, both of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., of Walterboro, for appellant.

C. Mitchell Brown, Zoe Sanders Nettles, and Elizabeth Herlong Campbell, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for respondent Columbia/Colleton Regional Hospital, Inc.

Stephen L. Brown, John Hamilton Smith, and D. Jay Davis, Jr., of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston, for respondents W.W. King, M.D. and David E. Meacher, M.D., P.A.

Acting Chief Justice MOORE:

Appellant commenced this wrongful death action as personal representative of her husband's estate alleging medical malpractice. She appeals a directed verdict and the exclusion of evidence. We affirm.

FACTS

James Guffey (Decedent) suffered cardiac arrest at age fifty on September 3, 1997, twenty-five hours after he was discharged from the emergency room at respondent Columbia...

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