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· 10/7/1996

Tumblin Ex Rel. Estate of Tumblin v. Ball-Incon Glass Packaging Corp.

Citations

  • 478 S.E.2d 81
  • 324 S.C. 359
  • 1996 S.C. App. LEXIS 138

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that mere examination of patient on behalf of a third party does not create a doctor/patient relationship
  • physician-patient relationship may be established when patient seeks assistance of physician and physician accepts patient
  • physician-patient relationship may be established when patient seeks assistance of physician and physician accepts patient
  • existence of physician-patient relationship is question of fact for the jury
  • existence of physician-patient relationship is question of fact for the jury

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Judges: Cureton, Anderson, Howard

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