McGee v. Bruce Hospital System

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• holding an argument raised for the first time on appeal is not preserved for appellate review
• finding although evidence of ability to pay is a factor in reviewing a punitive damages award, it is not a prerequisite
• holding an appellant’s allegations of error by the trial court in reviewing an award of punitive damages pursuant to Gamble v. Stevenson , 305 S.C. 104, 406 S.E.2d 350 (1991) are unpreserved where the issue was not raised to the trial court
• finding sufficient evidence of recklessness to support punitive damages where the defendant consciously decided not to reposition his patient’s catheter and several experts testified that moving it posed no risks
• finding even if it was error to allow certain witnesses to testify about the ideal placement of a catheter, such error was harmless because it was merely cumulative to other testimony
• finding even if it was error to allow certain witnesses to testify about the ideal placement of a catheter, such error was harmless because it was merely cumulative to other testimony

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