CVS pharmacy has settled a lawsuit filed over a prescription mistake. The national chain, which has pharmacies in Louisville and throughout Kentucky, settled the lawsuit for a confidential amount. The lawsuit dealt with a pharmacy technician at Eckerd filling the wrong medication for a prescription….
According to an investigation published by USA Today, lawsuits resulting from prescription medication mistakes have—on numerous occasions—included allegations of corporate malfeasance when it relates to cases of pharmacy errors at or committed by Walgreens and CVS. Many of the injury lawsuits were settled and, not…
Medication errors including prescription mistakes are a growing tragedy at hospitals across the country. Kentucky is not immune to this deadly trend. Some hospitals have introduced strategies to reduce medication errors in some children’s hospitals. Some of these steps include updating pharmacy computer systems for…
Walgreens drugstore has had verdicts totaling $61 million delivered against it in four separate lawsuits for prescription error related injuries. In most of these cases the medication error committed by the pharmacy resulted in a death. The pharmacy chain has challenged these verdicts. Walgreens contends…
Walgreens pharmacy has been in the news lately for lawsuits for pharmacy mistakes. The pharmacy chain has been in litigation in Kentucky and across the country for medication errors. The Walgreens chain uses pharmacy techs to dispense prescriptions. Many lawsuits have been filed for prescriptions…
Walgreens pharmacy was sued for the death of a mother that was given the wrong prescription dosage by a teenage pharmacy technician. The woman suffered a stroke and ultimately died as a result of this negligence. A jury returned a verdict of $25.8 million against…