Sulton v. HealthSouth Corp.

In this direct appeal, Appellants HealthSouth Corporation (HealthSouth) and the individual named nurse defendants challenge the jury’s verdict in a negligence and loss of consortium action. We reverse and remand for a new trial.

FACTS

Vernon Sulton (Sulton) was rendered paraplegic by gunshot wounds he received as a bystander at an armed robbery. After initial treatment at Richland Memorial Hospital, he was transferred to the HealthSouth Rehab Hospital in Columbia, South Carolina. He was admitted with a sacral stage two pressure ulcer. In the eleven days Sulton remained at HealthSouth, the…