Joseph L. Fink III, BSPharm, JD

Does liability attach when pharmacy staff selects a particular brand of medication delivery system and that patient passes away with the medication allegedly contributing to that death?

A patient who experienced a rare side effect sued the pharmacy that dispensed the drug on the grounds that a pharmacist failed to warm her.

A pharmacists filed suit against the National Association Boards of Pharmacy on the grounds that his test scores were wrongfully invalidated.

A defendant charged guilty of conspiracy to illegal distribute oxycodone received a more severe sentence due to his licensure as a pharmacist.

Was the employer entitled to have the case dismissed before trial if the plaintiff failed to include direct or indirect evidence that the termination was based on age?

Can an individual charged with possession of methamphetamine precursors successfully move to suppress evidence from a pharmacy's state-mandated record log?

When a pharmacist overrides a computer-generated warning when dispensing a prescription that results in patient harm, may the patient sue the pharmacist and/or pharmacy for punitive damages?

Did a law enforcement officer violate a patient's rights protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act when he seized pharmacy records of a suspected prescription drug abuser?

Should pharmacists be required to fill prescriptions for medications that are legally on the market, but to which they have moral or religious objections?

Should a pharmacist be evaluated by a pharmacist-derived standard or a physician-derived standard when a patient alleges damages due to a violation of the standard of care during medication therapy management?

A pharmacist appealed a decision of the federal government, which was delayed by nearly 3 years, in imposing and order of exclusion in participating in health care programs receiving federal funding.

A veterinary pharmacy and 4 veterinarians are sued for the death of 2 cats in a New England case that focuses on noneconomic loss and negligent infliction of emotional stress.

If a pharmacist served as an expert witness in a dispensing error case, could the report filed address the legal issue of causation of the damages of the case?

When a dispensing error is made by a nonpharmacist, which results in a lawsuit against the pharmacy as well as the employee, what statute of limitations applies to establish the time limit for filing the claim—the 2-year standard for a medical malpractice claim, or the 3-year term applicable to an ordinary negligence claim?

In this case, a pharmacist is sanctioned for dispensing sample quantities of medications.

Which of the involved parties should be held accountable when a pharmacist ignores a computer-generated alert and the patient subsequently dies?

If a pharmacist feels he was passed over for a job because of age, does the pharmacist have a legal argument for age discrimination?

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In this case, a pharmacy's registration was revoked because it was accused of "manufacturing" and "distributing" controlled substance medications instead of compounding and dispensing them.

Does a pharmacist filmed diverting controlled substances have legal recourse against her employer?

When medication dosage forms compounded by a pharmacist are found to be contaminated, does a professional liability policy provide coverage for the pharmacist?

How far must a pharmacy manager go to accommodate a pharmacist who uses religious grounds to refuse to deal with patients seeking birth control products?

A federal trial court ruling in the Midwest finds that when a pharmacy dispenses a medication to an allergic patient, legal doctrines of misconduct and battery may apply.