Safeway Pharmacy Settles Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death Suit Over Woman’s Death

By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

On December 5, 2016, a Nebraska magistrate judge signed off on an agreement resolving a widower’s wrongful death suit. The medical negligence suit contends that Safeway pharmacists negligently dispensed methadone and another medication to the plaintiff’s now-dead wife even though using the drugs together is risky, ultimately leading to her death.


Medical Negligence.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken, granted a stipulation of dismissal in Brian Crawford’s litigation alleging that Safeway is liable for his wife’s death. Crawford alleges that Safeway is responsible for his late wife’s death because its pharmacists gave her both methadone and fluconazole, despite […]

By |2024-03-14T10:01:22-04:00May 15, 2018|Health Facilities Law Blog|

Safeway Pharmacy Settles Medical Negligence and Wrongful Death Suit Over Woman’s Death

PS 4 Indest-2009-3By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

On December 5, 2016, a Nebraska magistrate judge signed off on an agreement resolving a widower’s wrongful death suit. The medical negligence suit contends that Safeway pharmacists negligently dispensed methadone and another medication to the plaintiff’s now-dead wife even though using the drugs together is risky, ultimately leading to her death.

Medical Negligence.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Thomas D. Thalken, granted a stipulation of dismissal in Brian Crawford’s litigation alleging that Safeway is liable for his wife’s death. Crawford alleges that Safeway is responsible for his late wife’s death because its pharmacists gave her both methadone […]

By |2024-03-14T10:01:27-04:00May 15, 2018|Pharmacy Law Blog|

Mother Files Suit Against Walgreens Over Prescription That Killed Her Son

3 Indest-2009-2By George F. Indest III, J.D., M.P.A., LL.M., Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law

On October 31, 2017, an Illinois woman filed suit against Walgreens with a state court suit claiming store personnel gave her incorrect instructions for handling the anti-rejection drugs prescribed to her 3-year-old son. The medication was prescribed to the boy after his heart transplant, and Tatiana Lowe claims Walgreens pharmacy’s error resulted in his death.

The Lawsuit.

Lowe alleged that Walgreens employees insisted on the incorrect instructions even after she said they contradicted previous instructions she’d been given for the drug. Therefore, the drugs did not have their proper effect and her son who went into […]

By |2024-03-14T10:01:31-04:00May 15, 2018|Pharmacy Law Blog|
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