Case Name: BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF GREENVILLE, INC., Appellant, v. SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Alan M. Peabody, M.D., Defendants, of whom Saint Francis Community Hospital is the Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1979-08-22
Citations: 273 S.C. 558
Docket Number: 21038
Parties: BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF GREENVILLE, INC., Appellant, v. SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Alan M. Peabody, M.D., Defendants, of whom Saint Francis Community Hospital is the Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 273
Pages: 558–560

Head Matter:
21038
BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF GREENVILLE, INC., Appellant, v. SAINT FRANCIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL and Alan M. Peabody, M.D., Defendants, of whom Saint Francis Community Hospital is the Respondent.
(257 S. E. (2d) 744)
N. Heyward Clarkson, III, of Rainey, Britton, Gibbes & Clarkson, Greenville, for appellant.
William W. Kehl, of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman & Par-ham, Greenville, for respondent.
August 22, 1979.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Appellant brought this action seeking both a temporary and permanent injunction and damages against defendants because of their alleged operation of a chronic diaysis facility without a "Certificate of Need" from the proper State authorities. Appellant's complaint set forth four causes of action, the first of which sought injunctive relief. The lower court denied appellant's application for a temporary injunction and sustained a demurrer to the first cause of action on the ground that appellant had no standing to seek injunctive relief. This appeal is from the order sustaining the demurrer. We reverse.
The consideration of the demurrer by the lower court was limited to the facts properly pled in the complaint. These facts were not sufficient to permit an adjudication of respondent's right to operate a dialysis facility and the lower court erred in sustaining the demurrer. Accordingly, we remand this case, without prejudice, for further proceedings on the merits.