Legal Opinion
Higgins v. MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SC
Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Decided May 12, 1997No. 2662PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURETON, Judge:
The Higginses filed this action for medical malpractice. They appeal the trial court’s grant of summary judgment to all of the defendant doctors. We affirm as modified. 1
I. FACTS
On May 26, 1994, Mrs. Higgins filed a medical malpractice action against the Medical University of South Carolina (“MUSC”), and Drs. Crawford, Usher, Alfono, Gordon, and Rosenthal (the “doctors”). Mr. Higgins pled a loss of consortium cause of action in the same complaint. On June 24,1994, the defendants answered, generally denying the allegations and raising a number of affirmative defenses. The…
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