Hasell v. Medical Society of South Carolina, Inc.

Finney, Justice:

Appellant, Ann Hasell, instituted this medical malpractice action against the respondent, Roper Hospital,1 alleging that her hip fracture was aggravated by treatment she received on January 26,1982. Appellant sued for actual and punitive damages in the total amount of seven hundred fifty thousand ($750,000.00) dollars.

The trial judge, over objection of appellant’s counsel, sustained respondent’s motion to strike all allegations seeking punitive damages and to limit all claims for actual damages to the sum of one hundred thousand ($100,000.00) dollars, relying on Section…