Case Name: Henry Eledstein et al., Partners, etc. v. Claude H. Cook
Court: Supreme Court of Ohio
Jurisdiction: Ohio
Decision Date: 1923
Citations: 1 Ohio Law Abs. 484
Docket Number: No. 17813
Parties: Henry Eledstein et al., Partners, etc. v. Claude H. Cook.
Judges: Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias Day and Allen, JJ., concur.
Reporter: The Ohio Law Abstract
Volume: 1
Pages: 484–484

Head Matter:
No. 17813
Henry Eledstein et al., Partners, etc. v. Claude H. Cook.
Error to the Court of Appeals oi Cuyahoga county.
NEGLIGENCE — (1) Sale of injurious drug to i customer — Recovery authorized — (2) Negligence presumed — Prima facie case established.

Opinion:
JONES, J.
1. Where it is alleged that a drug clerk by mistake sold and delivered an injurious drug to a customer instead of a harmless drug asked for, and the customer had innocently swallowed the former upor the reliance and belief that he was taking the latter and was caused great pain and suffering thereby, c cause of action is stated authorizing recovery.
2. In such a case negligence is presumed; proo: of the facts,above stated establishes a case of prims facie negligence entitling a recovery unless suci presumption is rebutted.
Judgment affirmed.
Marshall, C. J., Wanamaker, Robinson, Matthias Day and Allen, JJ., concur.