Tatum v. Medical University of South Carolina

346 S.C. 194 (2001)

552 S.E.2d 18

Jennifer M. TATUM and Billy Joe Scarbrough, Respondents,

v.

MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Petitioner.

No. 25345.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard June 8, 2000.

Decided August 20, 2001.

Robert H. Hood, Barbara W. Showers, and P. Gunner Nistad, of Hood Law Firm, LLC, of Charleston, for petitioner.

Donald E. Jonas, of Cotty & Jonas, of Columbia, for respondents.

BURNETT, Justice:

This Court granted a writ of certiorari to review Tatum v. Medical University of South Carolina, 335 S.C. 499, 511, 517 S.E.2d 706, 713 (Ct.App.1999), in which the Court of Appeals…