GRAVES v. CAS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 27168.

401 S.C. 63 (2012)

735 S.E.2d 650

Kareem J. GRAVES and Tara Graves, individually and as duly appointed personal representatives of the Estate of India Iyanna Graves, Appellants, v. CAS MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Refiled December 12, 2012.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Edward Bell, III , of Georgetown, for Appellants.

Clarke W. DuBose , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Columbia, and Sarah Spruill , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Respondent.

John S. Nichols , of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson, and Delgado, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Law Professors John F. Vargo, Paul J. Zwier, II, Richard W. Wright, Frank J. Vandall, Steven A. Saltzburg, Jay M. Feinman, Thomas A. Eaton and Carl T. Bogus.

A. Camden Lewis , of Lewis, Babcock & Griffin, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Francis M. Wells, Professor, Emeritus, of Electrical Engineering at the Vanderbilt University School of Engineering.

Kenneth M. Suggs , Janet, Jenner & Suggs, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Stephen G. Pauker, M.D., Professor of Medicine.


Justice HEARN.

India Graves, a six-month-old girl, died while being monitored by one of CAS Medical Systems' products. India's parents, Kareem and Tara Graves, subsequently filed a products liability lawsuit against CAS, contending the monitor was defectively designed and failed to alert them when India's heart rate and breathing slowed. The circuit court granted CAS's motion to exclude all of the Graves' expert witnesses and accordingly granted CAS summary judgment...

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