Legal Opinion
Hook v. Rothstein
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided July 22, 1980No. 21269PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Littlejohn, Justice:
Defendant, Dr. Jerry C. Rothstein appeals from the granting of summary judgment on the liability issue against him in this medical malpractice action. We reverse.
The pleadings and depositions establish that plaintiff’s intestate, Jack R. Summers, was experiencing abdominal pain and employed Dr. Liverman, a general practitioner, to treat him in the fall of 1971. The following January, Summers again saw Dr. Liverman who recommended an upper and lower G.I. Series. As a result of x-rays, Dr. Liverman recommended that an intravenous pyelogram (IVP) be performed. In this…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- MacFarlane v. ManlySupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
- South Carolina Farm Bureau v. ScottSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1980
3Cited by15 opinions
- Hook Ex Rel. Estate of Summers v. RothsteinCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
- Lawson v. South Carolina Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Conway National BankCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1984
- Dorman v. Allstate InsuranceCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1998
- Ballenger Corp. v. City of Columbia, SCCourt of Appeals of South Carolina · 1985
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