Fletcher v. Medical University

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• explaining that in a medical malpractice action, \the plaintiff must present evidence that the defendant's failure to adhere to the standard of care proximately caused the complained[-]of injury\
• explaining that because “South Carolina does not recognize the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur,” courts “are not permitted to speculate that misfortune was the result of negligence in the absence of any evidence as to how the physicians deviated from the standard of care”
• “The probative value of expert testimony stands or falls upon an evidentiary showing of the facts upon which the opinion is, or must logically be, predicated.” (quoting Ward v. Epting, 290 S.C. 547, 563, 351 S.E.2d 867, 876 (Ct. App. 1986))

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