Pooler v. Stewarts' Pharmacies, Ltd.

OPINION OF THE COURT BY

MARUMOTO, J.

This is an appeal by the defendant from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for damages on account of injuries allegedly caused by defendant’s negligence in filling a prescription for a drug.

The prescription was for six % grain tablets of codeine. Defendant’s employee erroneously filled the prescription with six % grain tablets of morphine. Immediately upon discovering the error, defendant’s employee informed the plaintiff that there was an error in filling the prescription, *619without stating the nature of the error, and sought the return of the drug.…