Legal Opinion
Happel v. Walmart Stores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 19, 2010No. 07-2264PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.
Heidi Happel was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in 1990. After the diagnosis, she did not experience any symptoms of the disease until August 1993, when a Walmart pharmacy negligently filled — and Heidi ingested — a prescription with Toradol, a medication to which Heidi was allergic. Heidi believed that the medication, which triggered a severe reaction, was the impetus for a rapid decline in her health, so she and her husband, Kent, sued Walmart. After an eight-day trial, a jury awarded the Happels $465,400 in compensatory damages. But the plaintiffs argue here that…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Raymond Rosen v. Ciba-Geigy CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Hollander v. Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corp.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2002
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