Legal Opinion
Ellis v. Oliver
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided March 15, 1999No. 2960PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STILWELL, Judge:
Michael Anthony Ellis (Ellis), now deceased, initiated this medical malpractice action against Dr. David Oliver. After Ellis’s death, Deborah Scott Ellis (Mrs. Ellis), in her capacity as personal representative of Ellis’s estate, was substituted as plaintiff, and the complaint was amended to include wrongful death and survival actions. Mrs. Ellis now appeals an order of the trial court that reduced a jury award in her favor by the amount of her settlement with Richland Memorial Hospital (Richland Memorial). We affirm.
BACKGROUND
In October 1988, Ellis was injured in a single car…
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