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EVANS v. RITE AID CORP.

No. 24532.

478 S.E.2d 846 (1996)

Myra Kay EVANS, Petitioner, v. RITE AID CORPORATION, 1135 Rite Aid of South Carolina, Inc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied December 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Mullins McLeod and David F. Groose, North Charleston, for Petitioner.

Stephen P. Groves, Shawn D. Wallace and Stephen L. Brown, all of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, Charleston, for Respondent.

TOAL, Justice:

This Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Evans v. Rite Aid Corp., 317 S.C. 154, 452 S.E.2d 9 (Ct. App.1994), which held that pharmacists do not owe their customers a duty of confidentiality. Further, the opinion rejected Evans's claim for negligent falsehood. We affirm as modified.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In October 1989, Myra Kay Evans submitted a drug...

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