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· 11/17/1997

McCormick v. England

Citations

  • 494 S.E.2d 431
  • 328 S.C. 627
  • 1997 S.C. App. LEXIS 158

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that jurisdictions recognizing cause of action for breach of duty of patient confidentiality \do not hold that this duty is absolute\
  • finding South Carolina “recognize[s] the common law tort of breach of a physician’s duty of confidentiality.”’
  • finding South Carolina “recognize[s] the common law tort of breach of a physician’s duty of confidentiality”
  • finding South Carolina “recognize[s] the common law tort of breach of a physician’s duty of confidentiality.”’
  • finding a common law tort of breach of a physician’s duty of confidentiality and not finding a statutory cause of action under the Physicians’ Patient Records Act
  • \A ruling on a motion to * dismiss a claim must be based solely on the allegations set forth on the face of the complaint.\

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Judges: Anderson, Connor, Huff

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