Grooms v. MED. SOCIETY OF SC

This action by Julia Watson Grooms and Henry L. Grooms against The Medical Society of South Carolina, doing business as Roper Hospital (Roper Hospital), arises out of an alleged accident involving the Grooms’ daughter, Tammy. The Grooms challenge on appeal the trial court’s order striking from their complaint all references to the “mental distress and emotional anguish” they allegedly suffered because of the pain and injuries allegedly suffered by their daughter on account of the accident. We affirm.

According to the complaint, Tammy, who has spina bifida, suffered trauma to her sacrum and…