1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.E.2d
  4. 766 N.E.2d
  5. 766 N.E.2d 1118 (2002)
 

HAPPEL v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 90482.

766 N.E.2d 1118 (2002)

199 Ill.2d 179

262 Ill.Dec. 815

Heidi HAPPEL et al., Appellees, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., d/b/a Wal-Mart Pharmacy, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

March 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. McCluskey, Mark W. Monroe, James P. Marsh, of Momkus, Ozog & McCluskey L.L.C., Downers Grove, for appellant.

Kenneth C. Chessick, John W. Fisk, Patricia E. Raymond, Joan R. Stohl, Schaumburg, for appellees.

S. Lawrence Kocot, Don L. Bell II, Alexandria, Virginia, for amicus curiae National Association of Chain Drug Stores, Inc.

John F. Atkinson, Dale J. Atkinson, Julia C. Works, Evanston, for amicus curiae National Associations of Boards of Pharmacy.

Justice MCMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

The central issue in this appeal is whether a pharmacy has a duty to warn about a known drug contraindication1 where the pharmacy is aware of a customer's drug allergies and knows that the medication prescribed by the customer's physician is contraindicated for a person with those allergies. Plaintiff Heidi Happel, who is allergic to aspirin, ibuprofen, and acetaminophen, experienced...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases