Deed v. Walgreen Co.

Pauline Deed died on January 4, 2002, of “acute carisoprodol and oxycodone toxicity,” according to the state medical examiner. These facts are undisputed. It is also undisputed that in the year preceding her death, carisoprodol and oxycodone were two of several prescription medications Deed was taking for pain relief, muscle tension, anxiety, depression and nausea, and that prescriptions for those medications were filled at the East Hartford drug store of the named defendant, the Walgreen Company (Walgreen’s). During the year prior to her death, Deed submitted to Walgreen’s approximately 149…