Marston v. Walgreen Co.

In this personal injury, wrongful death, and survival action in October 2006, a jury found defendants Walgreen Company (Walgreen) and Walgreen’s pharmacist, James Wilmes, 1 to have been negligent in providing the wrong prescription drugs to Leonard Kulisek, then 77 years old. This event occurred on January 1, 2001, at a Walgreen store in Schaumburg, Illinois. Kulisek suffered grave injuries and ultimately death. 2 Following trial, the jury awarded to plaintiff Richard Marston, as independent administrator of Kulisek’s estate, compensatory damages in the amount of $6,351,107, and $25 million…