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Pharmacies Professional Liability

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

How Can Patients Help Avoid Pharmacy Negligence?

Pharmacy Error can be deadly - To err is human; to forgive, divine. – Alexander Pope The phrase sounds perfectly poetic, but when the error occurs at the hands of a pharmacist dispensing the wrong medicine to a patient,...more

Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley

Is Filling a Prescription Simple? — Pharmacist errors can cost lives

Pharmacy and Pharmacist error - A patient diagnosed with thyroid problems filled a prescription for the drug levothyroxine. It was written by the doctor for 75 micrograms. It was dispensed at 25 micrograms. Months went by...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

California Court Limits Liability for Loss of Certain Patient Information under CMIA

California appellate courts are clarifying potential liability under California’s Confidentiality of Medical Information Act, Cal. Civ. Code § 56 et seq. (“CMIA”) of health care providers, health plans, pharmaceutical...more

BakerHostetler

HIPAA Violation Results in $1.44M Jury Verdict Against Walgreens, Pharmacist

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Although HIPAA does not create a private cause of action, a recent Indiana Superior Court jury verdict demonstrates that HIPAA still could play an important role in private causes of action in state court based on negligence...more

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