Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Pharmacy did not “assume duty” to patient

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A drugstore that confirmed it had a medication prescribed to a hospital patient on discharge did not “assume a duty” to the patient, a Roanoke federal court has held. When an issue over payment arose, the discharged patient left the pharmacy without the anticoagulants prescribed by the hospital. He died several days later, and his estate ...


Read more: http://valawyersweekly.com/2014/11/25/pharmacy-did-not-assume-duty-to-patient/#ixzz3K80487J0

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