Mishoe v. QHG of Lake City, Inc.

In this civil action, QHG of Lake City, Inc. appeals the award of $750,000 in actual damages and $1,250,000 in punitive damages in favor of Jenny C. Mishoe. QHG alleges a new trial should be granted as a result of an improper closing argument and the circuit court’s erroneous restriction of the scope of QHG’s cross-examination of Mishoe. Moreover, QHG argues the evidence does not support an award of punitive damages. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 3, 1998, Jenny C. Mishoe visited her grandmother at Carolinas Hospital System, a wholly owned facility of QHG of Lake City, Inc. After the visit, Mishoe…