Sanchez Ex Rel. Sanchez v. Wal-Mart
Nevada Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
*821OPINION
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 public; and (2) whether Nevada’s pharmacy statutory and regulatory laws allow third parties to maintain a negligence per se claim for alleged…
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