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Osborne Ex Rel. Osborne v. Adams

SCJuly 23, 2001No. 25320Cited 89 times
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Case Details

Judge(s)
Pleicones, Toal, Moore, Waller, Burnett
Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
Published
Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
appeal

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Outcome

The South Carolina Supreme Court reversed the trial court's grant of summary judgment for the hospital and remanded the case, holding that the hospital owed a nondelegable duty to provide competent neonatal care and could not avoid liability for negligent acts of independent contractor physicians when it held itself out as providing those services.

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