Legal Opinion
Wingfield v. Peoples Drug Store, Inc.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 1977No. 11243PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KERN, Associate Judge:
This appeal presents for our determination the propriety of certain rulings by the trial court during the trial of a negligence action which ultimately resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff, Gladys Wingfield, who is the appellant in this court.
The record reflects that in February 1972, appellant requested appellee drugstore to refill a prescription for Valium, a medicine she was taking under her physician’s direction to “reduce [her epileptic] seizure potential” (Record at 53). A short time after taking the pills with which appellee had refilled her prescription,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Montgomery v. Virginia Stage Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1951
- Williams v. Steuart Motor Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Graling v. ReillyDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1963
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3Cited by63 opinions
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- Daka, Inc. v. BreinerDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1998
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