MEDI-STAT, INC. v. KUSTURIN

No. 89-238.

792 S.W.2d 869 (1990)

303 Ark. 45

MEDI-STAT, INC. and Dr. Michael Eades, Appellants, v. Gail KUSTURIN, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Tim Cowan and Dennis Cowan, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

July 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Tab Turner, Little Rock, for appellants.

Charles Hicks, Little Rock, for appellees.


SAM ED GIBSON, Special Justice.

Timothy Cowan went to a Medi-Stat, Inc. clinic for a prescription and a medical clearance to participate in a court-ordered alcohol rehabilitation program using the drug Antabuse. Cowan began Antabuse therapy on December 12, 1985. On February 12, 1986, he was admitted to a hospital where he died twelve days later of hepatitic (liver) failure resulting from his use of Antabuse.

Appellees sued Medi-Stat, Inc. (Medi-Stat) and Dr...

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