In related cases, pharmacy companies ask the Court to quash a decision by the Fourth
District Court of Appeal concerning a pharmacist's responsibilities to his customer.
The case stem from actions filed by Robert Powers for the estate of Gail Powers, a 46-
year-old woman who purportedly died of a prescription painkiller overdose. Powers
accused the pharmacy companies of negligence for failing to warn Ms. Powers that her
medications were prescribed in potentially dangerous amounts and combinations. The
trial court dismissed, finding no duty to warn under the facts of the case. On appeal, the
4th DCA reversed. The pharmacy companies argue that the 4th DCA's decision conflicts
with rulings from two other District Courts of Appeal and this Court's precedent. Powers
argues that the decision is too narrow in scope to conflict with the other rulings. Amicus
briefs have been filed in support of all parties.