On December 21, 2020, two owners of more than twelve New York pharmacies were charged in an indictment for their roles in a $30 million health care fraud and money laundering scheme, in which they exploited emergency codes and edits… Read More
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Mississippi Supreme Court Applies Medical Malpractice Statute Of Limitations To Pharmacy Misfilled Prescription Claim
The Supreme Court of Mississippi (“Mississippi Supreme Court”) stated in its decision dated March 5, 2020 that the issue before it was whether a claim asserted against a pharmacy for allegedly mis-filling a prescription is subject to the two-year professional-malpractice… Read More
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New York Supreme Court Holds Pharmacist Not Liable For Filling Prescription Precisely As Directed
In a case decided by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Appellate Division, Fourth Judicial Department (“New York Supreme Court”) on October 4, 2013, the New York Supreme Court held that a pharmacist cannot be held liable for… Read More
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Hospital Pharmacist Malpractice
Hospital pharmacists are not immune to medical malpractice claims. Such claims may involve the wrong medication being dispensed (especially if the drugs have similar sounding names), the wrong dosage of the drug (such as filling a prescription for 10 ml of a… Read More
