The following is a case scenario:

Robert Jones is a pharmacist that is employed by ACME Drug, a national retail pharmacy chain. Mr$.$ Jones has been a pharmacist with ACME Drug for almost five years and has had to enter rehabilitation for controlled substance dependency on two occasions. ACME Drug, as well as the State Board of Pharmacy, was aware of each rehab stint. Mr$.$ Jones has recently relapsed. Maria smith has been suffering from cancer related pain for the last nine months after having been diagnosed with breast cancer. A significant portion of her pain treatment is a medication named Mepergan Fortis, a Schedule II narcotic. This medication just happens to be Mr$.$ Jones' drug of choice for his addition. The last time Ms$.$ Smith had her prescription for Mepergan Fortis filled, Mr$.$ Jones was the pharmacist on duty. Ms$.$ Smith noticed that the medication was not working as it had in the past, and she was having a significant amount of pain. She retumed to the phamacy to question if something might be different and visited with a different pharmacist. When she showed the pharmacist the medication, it was noticed that the medication actually given to Ms$.$ Smith was Feldene, which looks almost identical to Mepergan Fortis. The pharmacist, wondering how the mistake could have occurred since the stock bottle of Mepergan Fortis remains in a locked drawer, opened the drawer and the stock bottle that should have contained over $60$ capsules of Mepergan Fortis and recognized that it had $28$ Mepergan Fortis and $32$ Feldene. The pharmacist went to the phamacy manager, knowing that there was a security camera positioned on that portion of the pharmacy, and explained what had been discovered. When the video was reviewed, it was discovered that Mr$.$ Jones had transferred the Feldene capsules into the Mepergan Fortis bottle and put the Mepergan Fortis capsules in his pocket. The amount charged to Missouri Medicaid for the Mepergan Fortis prescription for Ms$.$ Smith was $$117\mathrm{.}00.$ The amount that would have been charged to Missouri Medicaid for the Feldene that was dispensed would have been $$8\mathrm{.}97.$ Further investigation by ACME Drug reveals that this same issue of Mr$.$ Jones billing for a higher cost controlled substance but dispensing a lower cost non$-$effective medication has likely happened to more than five other patients. Lastly, a review of the prescriptions brought into the pharmacy by the patient that were written for Mepergan Fortis had been signed by Mr$.$ Jones after he hand wrote on the prescription, which is a legal document, that he had dispensed $60$ Mepergan Fortis. This writing by Mr$.$ Jones was an attestation of his dispensing of the medication.

As regional president of the pharmacy chain, you are asked by your chief operating officer to analyze the claims that Ms$.$ Smith may bring against ACNE Drug, as well as those crimes that may be addressed by the District Attomey.

For this group assignment, by the end of Day $5,$ you are to indwidually submit to your group discussion board the following:

Two potential intentional torts that may be brought by M$.$ Ss$.$ Smith. Included with the identification of those two intentional torts would be the basis for the appropriateness of those untentional torts.

A determination of whether a claim for Regpondeat Superior would be appropriate against ACME Drug.

Two potential criminal actions against Ar$.$ Jones of which the District Attomey may be able to bring a case.

Identify and describe two potential intentionsil torts that may be brought by Ms$.$ Smith. Include with the identification of those two intentional torts, a complete definition of each of the intentional torts, as well a detailed analysis for why each of those intentional torts would be appropriate for this scenario.

Discuss in detail the theory of Pespgedat Superior and whether ACME Drug could be held liable for any of the claims. Include in your answer why or why not a clam against AC$.$ E$.$ Drug would be appropriate.

Identify and describe two potental criminal actions. Include with the identification of those two potential criminal actions a complete definition of each of the criminal actions, was well as a detailed analysis for why each of those criminal actions would be appropriate for this scenario.

Include in your analysis of the potential crimina acticns, the soctetal rationales for prosecuting criminal conduct.