Haselden v. Davis
Supreme Court of South Carolina
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Waller
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ opinion in Haselden v. Davis, 341 S.C. 486, 534 S.E.2d 295 (Ct.App.2000). We affirm.
FACTS
These are wrongful death and survival actions brought by the estate of Carolyn Hill (Hill), who died of breast cancer in 1994. The complaints alleged her treating physician, Petition er S. Perry Davis, M.D. (Davis), was negligent in failing to timely read a suspicious mammogram, which had been performed on Hill in November 1991. As a result, Hill’s breast cancer was not diagnosed until June 1993, by which time it had metastasized into her…
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