Holliday v. Waccamaw Cmty. Hosp. — Dec. 2015 (Summary)

NEGLIGENT CREDENTIALING

Holliday v. Waccamaw Cmty. Hosp.
Appellate Case No. 2015-000331 (S.C. Dec. 2, 2015)

The Supreme Court of South Carolina reversed and remanded the dismissal of a deceased patient’s negligent credentialing claim against a hospital with regard to a physician’s drug problems, reappointment to the medical staff and alleged medical malpractice, holding the alleged medical negligence at the core of the negligent credentialing claim took place before the effective date of a state law granting the hospital immunity for such actions.