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ALBERT v. SHEELEY'S DRUG STORE, INC.

No. 5 MAP 2021.

265 A.3d 442 (2021)

Dale E. ALBERT Individually and as the Administrator of the Estate of Cody M. Albert, Deceased, Appellant v. SHEELEY'S DRUG STORE, INC. and Zachary Ross, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Michael Beck, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP/Conflicts — Business Intake Department, for Pennsylvania Defense Institute, et al., Amicus Curiae.

Michael Howard Gaier, Esq. , Michael D. Shaffer, Esq. , Shaffer & Gaier, LLC, for Appellant.

Gregory Clifford Kunkle, Esq. , Thomas Thomas & Hafer LLP, for Appellee Sheeley's Drug Store, Inc.

Zachary L. Ross , for Appellee Zachary L. Ross.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

The question in this appeal is whether claims brought against a pharmacy on behalf of a decedent who overdosed on illegally obtained prescription drugs are barred by the doctrine of in pari delicto. Because we conclude that the trial court correctly applied the in pari delicto

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