For a lawsuit to have the makings of a class action the first test to pass is whether the harm that was suffered was suffered by many in the same or similar way. In legal terms this is called “numerosity” and is a requirement for…
A class action allows people to file a lawsuit for an entire group of people that have been harmed in the same way. In a class action, one or more of the people suing will be designated as “class representatives” for the entire group or…
According to ongoing investigative reports relating to medication mistakes by pharmacies nationwide, a baby nearly overdosed due to a prescription error by a Walgreens pharmacy that mistakenly mislabeled instructions on a medication label prescribed for treatment of a sinus infection to a 3-month old infant…
The lawsuit against Walgreens pharmacy was filed by a woman who was given the wrong prescription drug medication that nearly killed her. According to medical investigations, a Walgreens pharmacist was found to have made a major pharmacy error when the customer’s prescription medication for seizures…
Walgreen’s pharmacy has been sued several times in the last decade over medication errors. The company has often fought to keep these lawsuits secrete by asking judges to issue gag orders in prescription error lawsuits. Such gag orders are a danger to the public and…
A Louisville Kentucky nursing was exposed for abuse when the family of a resident installed a nanny cam in the resident’s room. The family had made repeated complaints to the nursing home administrator when they saw their father losing weight. The nursing home ignored their…