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SANCHEZ EX REL. SANCHEZ v. WAL-MART

No. 47851.

221 P.3d 1276 (2009)

Leila-Jade G. SANCHEZ and Taylor N. Sanchez, Minors, by and through Josette SANCHEZ, their Guardian; Josette Sanchez, an Individual; Therese Cruz-Blas and Delbert M. Blas, as Co-Special Administrators of the Estate of Gregory Sanchez, Jr., Deceased; Robert Martinez, an Individual; and Michelle Martinez, an Individual, Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Foreign Corporation; Longs Drug Stores Co., a Foreign Corporation; Walgreen Co., a Foreign Corporation; CVS Pharmacy, Inc., a Foreign Corporation; Rite-Aid, a Foreign Corporation; Albertson's, Inc., d/b/a Sav-On Pharmacy, a Foreign Corporation; and Lam's Pharmacy, Inc., a Nevada Corporation, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

December 24, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marquis & Aurbach and Phillip S. Aurbach and Micah S. Echols, Las Vegas; Patti, Sgro & Lewis and Stephen K. Lewis, Las Vegas; Beckley Singleton, Chtd., and Daniel F. Polsenberg, Las Vegas, for Appellants.

Phillips, Spallas & Angstadt, LLC, and John W. Kirk, Las Vegas; Shook, Hardy & Bacon, LLP, and Frank C. Rothrock, Irvine, CA, for Respondent Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Hutchison & Steffen, LLC, and Michael K. Wall and L. Kristopher Rath, Las Vegas, for Respondent Longs Drug Stores.

Backus Carranza and Leland Eugene Backus and Edgar Carranza, Las Vegas, for Respondent Walgreen Company.

Pyatt Silvestri & Hanlon and Carrie McCrea Hanlon, Las Vegas, for Respondent CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

Laxalt & Nomura and Lon A. Burke, Las Vegas; Kelly, Herlihy & Klein LLP and Jonathan Allan Klein, San Francisco, CA, for Respondent Rite-Aid Corporation.

Thorndal, Armstrong, Delk, Balkenbush & Eisinger and Brian K. Terry and Christopher J. Curtis, Las Vegas, for Respondents Albertson's, Inc., and Lam's Pharmacy, Inc.

Before the Court En Banc.

OPINION

By the Court, HARDESTY, C.J.

This appeal raises issues concerning whether a pharmacy owes a duty of care to unidentified third parties who were injured by a pharmacy customer who was driving while under the influence of controlled prescription drugs. In addressing this appeal, we consider two main arguments: (1) whether, under common-law principles, pharmacies have a duty to act to prevent a pharmacy customer from injuring members of the general...

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