Brokamp v. Mercy Hospital Anderson

Sundermann, Presiding Judge.

I

Introduction

On August 29, 1994, plaintiffs-appellants, Daniel and Donna Brokamp, filed a medical negligence claim and a loss-of-consortium claim against defendants-appellees, Mercy Hospital Anderson and James Barringer. They alleged that Mercy Hospital and Barringer, one of the hospital’s nurses, were negligent in administering an intramuscular injection in Daniel’s leg after a surgical procedure was conducted at the hospital. The Brokamps amended their complaint on March 10, 1997. A jury trial commenced on October 14,1997, and, on November 4, 1997, the jury…