Tatum v. Medical University of South Carolina
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the Court
BURNETT, Justice:
This Court granted a writ of certiorari to review Tatum v. Medical University of South Carolina, 335 S.C. 499, 511, 517 S.E.2d 706, 713 (Ct.App.1999), in which the Court of Appeals adopted the “dual persona doctrine” and held “where [an] employer-hospital and its physicians negligently treat an employee for a work-related accident and, in doing so, exacerbate the injury,” a tort action may be maintained by the employee against the employer-hospital. We reverse.
*197 FACTS
Respondent Tatum (Mrs. Tatum) injured her back in the course of her employment with Petitioner Medical…
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