CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit:
Wrong Medication, Wrong Drug, Prescription Error

The following CVS pharmacy lawsuit information is provided by Pritzker | Olsen, P.A., a nationally-recognized law firm. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine (current and previous years). Fred Pritzker has also been selected for inclusion in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America. To contact a prescription error attorney at the firm regarding a CVS lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our attorneys, or submit our free case review form.

Recent Pharmacy Error Settlement
Pritzker Olsen, P.A. has recently settled a wrongful death case where we alleged that the pharmacy compounded a drug to be 10 times the prescribed dose. Contact us regarding pharmacy error lawsuits. This was not a case against CVS.

CVS pharmacies are owned by CVS Caremark. It is the number one provider of prescriptions in the nation. There are nearly 7,000 CVS Pharmacy stores in 41 states.

CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit: Duty of Care

Pharmacies and pharmacists owe patients a duty of care. When that duty is breached and that breach causes harm to the patient, a pharmacy is liable for damages, meaning the pharmacy and pharmacist have to compensate the patient and/or the patient’s family for the resulting injuries or death. Read about pharmacist malpractice.

Some pharmacy models emphasize the need for speed, which means pharmacists need help from technicians. And while technician training requirements vary in both states, the age and education requirement is the same—a technician must have a high school degree or be making progress toward one.

The technician filling your prescription might be a teenager.

CVS Lawsuits for Wrong Prescription and Wrong Dose

Pharmacy errors can happen when the wrong dose of a prescription is given, when the wrong medication is given and in other circumstances. The following are examples of CVS Pharmacy lawsuits:

CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit: Alleged Wrong Prescription
In a case settled for a confidential amount, the claimant alleged that her prescription for Zaroxolyn, a diuretic was improperly filled and she was given the wrong prescription, Methotrexate, a pain medication that has serious side effects and can cause death. Methotrexate should only be prescribed to someone with life-threatening cancer. According to the complaint, which demanded 20 million dollars, the patient was seriously and irreparably harmed after taking the Methotrexate for 13 days.¹

CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit: Alleged Wrong Dose
A kidney transplant patient was prescribed 250 milligrams of prednisone, a dangerous steroid, for three days. A CVS pharmacy allegedly gave her 1,250 milligrams for three days. The patient was seriously and permanently injured, and she got a multi-million dollar jury verdict.²

To contact a lawyer at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. about a Walgreens prescription error and a Walgreens lawsuit, please call 1-888-377-8900 (toll-free), e-mail our lawyers or submit our free case consultation form.

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Footnote: 1. Clint Confehr, $20 million complaint settled by pharmacy, Shelbyville Times-Gazette, May 25, 2006 <http://www.t-g.com/story/1154030.html>.
2. Maria Kotula, Patient nearly killed by prescription error, WCNC-TV, May 9, 2007 <http://www.wcnc.com/news/local/stories/wcnc-050807-krg-prescription_error.4e424690.html>.

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CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit: Wrong Medication, Wrong Drug, Prescription Error