Sims v. Amisub of South Carolina, Inc.

We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision in Sims v. Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., 408 S.C. 202, 758 S.E.2d 187 (Ct.App.2014), in which the court of appeals affirmed as modified the dismissal of this action, which is the second medical malpractice case filed by a conservator on behalf of Kristi L. Orlowski relating to medical care she received in the fall of 2003. The first medical malpractice action was filed in August 2006 against a different physician. When the trial of that action resulted in a defense verdict, Petitioner Gladys Sims filed the current…