Baker v. Arbor Drugs, Inc

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• noting that the elements of fraud or misrepresentation include that the representation was false, the party making it was aware that it was false, and that the recipient of the statement acted in reliance on that statement
• defendant pharmacy may voluntarily assume a duty to warn by advertising computer system that monitors customers’ medication profiles for adverse drug interactions
• where pharmacy implemented, used and advertised that its computer program detected harmful drug interactions, pharmacy voluntarily assumed duty to utilize its computer technology with due care
• “[t]he court’s task is to review the record evidence, and all reasonable inferences drawn from it”
• “Plaintiff has presented evidence that defendant implemented, used, and advertised through the media that it used, the Arbortech Plus computer system to monitor its customers’ medication profiles for adverse drug interactions.”
• pharmacy patient suffered stroke after pharmacist filled prescriptions for two incompatible drugs because pharmacist failed to properly utilize computer system that would have warned of the adverse drug reaction

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