PAPPAS v. CLARK

No. 91-1456.

494 N.W.2d 245 (1992)

Carla PAPPAS, Individually and as Conservator for Chris Pappas, A Minor Child, and as Executrix of the Thaddeus Chris Pappas Estate, Appellants, v. John P. CLARK, D.O.; Wendy Levis, R.Ph.; Bauder Pharmacy, Inc.; Drugtown, Inc.; Dot Discount Drugs # 19-7901 a/k/a Walmart Stores; Foods, Inc. d/b/a Foods, Inc., Dahl's Pharmacy; Drug Marts Incorporated; and Kiburz Drug, Inc., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Iowa.

October 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen D. Lombardi of Lombardi Law Firm, Des Moines, for appellants.

Thomas Logan and Anne L. Clark of Hopkins & Huebner, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee Foods Inc., d/b/a Dahl's Pharmacy.

Edward N. McConnell of Babich & Nickerson, Des Moines, for appellees Bauder Pharmacy, Drug Marts, and Kiburz Drug.

Glenn Goodwin, Thomas A. Finley and Steven Scharnberg of Duncan, Jones, Riley & Finley, Des Moines, for appellee John Clark.

William L. Chaplin of Bradshaw, Fowler, Proctor & Fairgrave, Des Moines, for appellees Wendy Levis and Drugtown.

Joseph Barron and Roland D. Peddicord of Peddicord, Wharton, Thune, Foxhoven & Spencer, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee DOT Discount Drugs.

Heard by DONIELSON, P.J., HAYDEN, J., and KEEFE, Senior Judge.


DONIELSON, Presiding Judge.

Carla Pappas appeals from a district court order granting the defendants' motion for summary judgment and dismissing her professional negligence claim against them.

On January 28, 1989, Thaddeus Pappas (Thad) was found dead in his home. The cause of death was a self-injected lethal dose of cocaine. That had been a cocaine addict for several years, and he was survived by his wife, Carla, and a minor son, Chris.

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