If her Walgreens uses the same software as mine, not only does the label have the name of the drug that’s been dispensed, every new and refilled prescription comes with a full-page printout of drug description, indications, contraindications, side effects, etc.
If the label didn’t match the contents, then all that wouldn’t do the customer any good.
I hate to even comment. I know that there are several of you who don’t think she should sue for damages.
If the allegations are true, she deserves a huge suit against them.
This is terrible.
Tragic and unfortunate? Absolutely. Worth a muli-million award……..Absolutely not. Despite the best quality control processes (and it sounds like Ekert had one in place), human intervention brings with it the chance of human error. No process, regardless of how carefully designed, will prove 100% error free when human beings are involved. That doesn’t mean anyone was negligent either. A mistake is simply that. Throwing mega millions at this woman accomplished nothing in terms of preventing a repeat incident. Ekert doesn’t need to be “punished” either unless there was some “gross” negligence involved. Just like with malpractice (everyone should read the legal definition), there has to be more than simply a mistake to slam somebody with a ridiculous verdict. A generous award should suffice. Just because her physician thinks ingesting the drug “might”make her more susceptible to some forms of cancer doesn’t mean it will.
Can’t Remember ever being able to read a Doctors request to prescibe Medication . I can see were there could easily be a mistake made. Seems to me , If this women was a regular customer , the pharmacy would have some prior notice of this Womens medical History ? This is a prime example for the need of E&O Insurance . Mistakes are a part of everyday life , unfortunately …..
JJ – a noble wish, but be real. We agree there is no room for error in a pharmacy, or an O.R or a cockpit of a commercial jet, or behind the wheel of a car. But….humans are incapable of 100% perfection. And while we’d like to demand 100% and think it’s attainable, we’re simply kidding ourselves. People do the best they can and still make a mistake. They don’t need to be punished by a second guessing society of dreamers. People who assume those risks when the rest of us won’t should be applauded. Absent anything callous our blatanantly negligent, that’s a part of life on theh planet. Those injured deserve some compensation, but not unjust enrichment. Explain to me how a monetary awared will make this woman feel better? p.s. see how easy it is to make a mistake? you double clutched the enter key and sent your post twice.
It appears they have a quality control department that is capable of catching its own mistakes, as they did not automatically refill the prescription. I agree that some damages should be awarded, but she should not be able to retire off the settlement.
Frank’s post said …”Those injured deserve some compensation, but not unjust enrichment. Explain to me how a monetary awared will make this woman feel better? ” I agree totally. I heard it before : “no amount of money could undo this…..harm” so why the request for the large payout? ATTORNEYS! their raison d’etre is to make as much money as they can, but without a legitimate plaintiff, they are stuck doing pro bono work for the PD office and sucking air. Too bad that good people are used like that. I am sure she’ll be compensated but how much will that make her next child worth?
I want to know what the prescription bottle lable said. Did it say the drug was Materna or Matulane? I read EVERY lable on every medicine I get, especially prescriptions. If it said Matulane and she didn’t notice it was not the drug name she was prescribed, she is partly at fault and she should be held partially liable. If it said Materna, then she has a case. And a reasonable judgement is in order, not a windfall.
It’s a wonder we don’t hear about these sort of mistakes more often.
When I get a ‘script, it always amazes me someone else can actually read the scratch that the doctor scrawled on the paper.
Do pharmacists call doc offices and verify every prescription? Does anyone know? I’d think they would have to considering doctors are notorious for having illegible writing.
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If her Walgreens uses the same software as mine, not only does the label have the name of the drug that’s been dispensed, every new and refilled prescription comes with a full-page printout of drug description, indications, contraindications, side effects, etc.
If the label didn’t match the contents, then all that wouldn’t do the customer any good.
I hate to even comment. I know that there are several of you who don’t think she should sue for damages.
If the allegations are true, she deserves a huge suit against them.
This is terrible.
Tragic and unfortunate? Absolutely. Worth a muli-million award……..Absolutely not. Despite the best quality control processes (and it sounds like Ekert had one in place), human intervention brings with it the chance of human error. No process, regardless of how carefully designed, will prove 100% error free when human beings are involved. That doesn’t mean anyone was negligent either. A mistake is simply that. Throwing mega millions at this woman accomplished nothing in terms of preventing a repeat incident. Ekert doesn’t need to be “punished” either unless there was some “gross” negligence involved. Just like with malpractice (everyone should read the legal definition), there has to be more than simply a mistake to slam somebody with a ridiculous verdict. A generous award should suffice. Just because her physician thinks ingesting the drug “might”make her more susceptible to some forms of cancer doesn’t mean it will.
Can’t Remember ever being able to read a Doctors request to prescibe Medication . I can see were there could easily be a mistake made. Seems to me , If this women was a regular customer , the pharmacy would have some prior notice of this Womens medical History ? This is a prime example for the need of E&O Insurance . Mistakes are a part of everyday life , unfortunately …..
There is NO room for error in pharmacy. One mistake could cost someone their life. She deserves everything and then some.
JJ – a noble wish, but be real. We agree there is no room for error in a pharmacy, or an O.R or a cockpit of a commercial jet, or behind the wheel of a car. But….humans are incapable of 100% perfection. And while we’d like to demand 100% and think it’s attainable, we’re simply kidding ourselves. People do the best they can and still make a mistake. They don’t need to be punished by a second guessing society of dreamers. People who assume those risks when the rest of us won’t should be applauded. Absent anything callous our blatanantly negligent, that’s a part of life on theh planet. Those injured deserve some compensation, but not unjust enrichment. Explain to me how a monetary awared will make this woman feel better? p.s. see how easy it is to make a mistake? you double clutched the enter key and sent your post twice.
It appears they have a quality control department that is capable of catching its own mistakes, as they did not automatically refill the prescription. I agree that some damages should be awarded, but she should not be able to retire off the settlement.
Frank’s post said …”Those injured deserve some compensation, but not unjust enrichment. Explain to me how a monetary awared will make this woman feel better? ” I agree totally. I heard it before : “no amount of money could undo this…..harm” so why the request for the large payout? ATTORNEYS! their raison d’etre is to make as much money as they can, but without a legitimate plaintiff, they are stuck doing pro bono work for the PD office and sucking air. Too bad that good people are used like that. I am sure she’ll be compensated but how much will that make her next child worth?
I want to know what the prescription bottle lable said. Did it say the drug was Materna or Matulane? I read EVERY lable on every medicine I get, especially prescriptions. If it said Matulane and she didn’t notice it was not the drug name she was prescribed, she is partly at fault and she should be held partially liable. If it said Materna, then she has a case. And a reasonable judgement is in order, not a windfall.
It’s a wonder we don’t hear about these sort of mistakes more often.
When I get a ‘script, it always amazes me someone else can actually read the scratch that the doctor scrawled on the paper.
Do pharmacists call doc offices and verify every prescription? Does anyone know? I’d think they would have to considering doctors are notorious for having illegible writing.