Cazes v. Raisinger’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “Pharmacists are held to a high degree of care, as stated in Trumbaturi v. Katz & Besthoff, 180 La. 915 , 158 So. 16 (La.1934) [158 So.] at 19, quoting from Walton et al v. Booth, 34 La.Ann. 913 : `In the discharge of their functions, druggists and apothecaries, persons dealing in drugs and medicines, should be required not only to be skillful, but also exceedingly cautious and prudent, in view of the terrific consequences which may attend, as they have not unfrequently in the past, the least inattention on their part. Cooley on Torts, pp. 75, 76; 648-9.' The same quotation is found in Marigny v. Dejoie, 172 So. 808 (La.App.1937). In that case the pharmacy was held for negligently filling a prescription with a medication other than that prescribed. In Davis v. Katz & Besthoff, Inc., 333 So.2d 698 (La.App. 4th Cir.1976), the court awarded damages to a customer who was given another person's prescription bottle in a bag labeled with her own name and that of her physician. The plaintiff was not barred from recovery for the ill effects of the medicine by contributory negligence in failing to check the bottle.”

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   e.g. Hatten v. Price

2. “We find that while the record supports an award of survivorship damages, we [...] limit the plaintiff's recovery to an award for the pain and suffering attributable to the Lanoxin overdose but not the general worsening of her pre-existing heart disease. The Lanoxin toxicity caused Mrs. Cazes to become weak and she fainted, resulting in her being brought to the hospital emergency room. She suffered from anorexia, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, and had visual disturbances. She exhibited some anxiety over the medication and had difficulty adjusting to the prescribed dosage, requiring her to seek psychiatric help as well as medical help.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hatten v. Price