McFarlin v. Jack Eckerd Corp.

An Eckerd pharmacist negligently filled McFarlin’s eye drop prescription with an ear drop solution. She suffered an eye injury when the product was administered according to instructions.

A jury returned a verdict finding that McFarlin had suffered $40,000 in damages based on a loss of business earnings. Eck-erd’s motion for a new trial was granted based on a finding by the trial court that the defendant had been “materially prejudiced by allowing a case to proceed to trial where there have been misrepresentations *182as to the existence of tax returns.” McFarlin, through her attorney, had…