Though I love highlighting asinine lawsuits, this one is a bit more serious and extremely tragic. A Missouri woman and her husband are suing Walgreens after the woman's pharmacist allegedly gave her an incorrect prescription and she suffered a miscarriage. She filled a prescription for prenatal vitamins, but instead received a similarly named medicine used to treat Hodgkin's disease, a drug designed to inhibit the growth and reproduction of cells.My initial reaction was to blame the pharmacist for carelessly filling "Matulane" instead of "Materna." But it may not be the pharmacist's fault if the doctor's handwriting was chickenscratch--as they so often are--and the name was illegible. Still, is that even a legitimate excuse if pharmacists are supposed to be exact in their procedure? And shouldn't some blame fall on the woman for not reading the drug information that comes with any prescription and recommends that you read before use?
A Walgreens spokeswoman said the situation is being reviewed and they are sorry the miscarriage happened, but no blame has been taken at this time.
I know no amount of money can make up for losing a child, and his woman did act somewhat irresonsibly in not reading the label and usage info, but I still think the majority of the blame rests on the pharmacist.
And if that's the way the court rules, someone is S.O.L for ever finding work ever again.
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