Fields Ex Rel. Fields v. Regional Medical Center Orangeburg

ANDERSON, J.:

Vergie Fields brought an action individually and on behalf of her husband’s estate against Orangeburg Regional Medical Center (“hospital”) and Dr. Simons Hane for wrongful death and medical malpractice. Fields claimed the hospital and Hane were negligent and committed medical malpractice leading to her husband’s death. During the trial, the circuit court excluded the testimony of one of Fields’s experts regarding his credentials. Additionally, the circuit court refused to allow Fields to use a treatise to cross-examine Hane. Fields argues these are reversible errors which entitle…