MORGAN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 03-99-00700-CV.

30 S.W.3d 455 (2000)

Jacquelyn MORGAN and Charles Pettus, Individually and as Heirs to the Estate of Cameron Pettus/Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. d/b/a Wal-Mart, Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. d/b/a Wal-Mart/Jacquelyn Morgan and Charles Pettus, Individually and as Heirs to the Estate of Cameron Pettus, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Austin.

August 10, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer Bruch Hogan, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, L.L.P., Houston, for appellants.

Douglas W. Alexander, Scott, Douglass & McConnico, L.L.P., Austin, for Wal-Mart.

Before Justices JONES, YEAKEL and PATTERSON.


JAN P. PATTERSON, Justice.

The issue presented is whether pharmacists have a duty under Texas law to warn of potentially adverse reactions to prescription drugs. Jacquelyn Morgan and Charles Pettus ("plaintiffs") sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. individually and as heirs to the estate of their minor child, Cameron Pettus. Plaintiffs alleged that Cameron's death in August 1993 was caused by an adverse reaction to Desipramine, a prescription drug sold to Morgan for Cameron...

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