MO-037 - Adams v. Amisub of SC

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Ann P. Adams, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Jacob E. Adams, Deceased, Petitioner, v. Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; Staci L. Versen-Rampey, NP, Individually and as Agent, Servant or Employee of South Carolina Emergency Physicians, LLC, and as Agent, Servant or Employee of Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; Jason Price, Radiologic Technologist, Individually and as Agent, Servant or Employee of Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; James E. Reinhardt, Jr., M.D., Individually and as Agent, Servant or Employee of Rock Hill Radiology Associates, PA, and as Agent, Servant of Employee of Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; and Rock Hill Radiology Associates, P.A., South Carolina Emergency Physicians, LLC, Defendants, of whom, Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; Staci L. Versen-Rampey, NP, Individually and as Agent, Servant or Employee of South Carolina Emergency Physicians, LLC, and as Agent, Servant or Employee of Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System; Jason Price, Radiologic Technologist, Individually and as Agent, Servant or Employee of Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., d/b/a Piedmont Medical Center and d/b/a Piedmont Healthcare System, are Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2014-000388 ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From York County The Honorable John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge, Memorandum Opinion No. 2014-MO-037 Submitted August 26, 2014 Filed October 8, 2014 REVERSED James W. Boyd, of Rock Hill, for Petitioner. N. Heyward Clarkson, III and Amy Miller Snyder, both of Clarkson Walsh Terrell & Coulter, PA, of Greenville, William U. Gunn, of Holcombe Bomar, PA, of Spartanburg, for Respondents. PER CURIAM: This matter is before the Court by way of a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Adams v. Amisub of South Carolina, Inc., Op. No. 2013-UP-461 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 11, 2013). Based on our recent decision in Ranucci v. Crain, Op. No. 27422 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed July 23, 2014), we grant the petition for a writ of certiorari, dispense with further briefing, reverse the decision of the Court of Appeals and remand this case to the circuit court to resume proceedings. REVERSED. TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY and KITTREDGE, JJ. concur. HEARN, J., not participating.

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