Rite Aid Sued For Wrongful Death In Wayne County Illinois
Rite Aid is being sued by the family of John Sheridan alleging he died because of a pharmaceutical error. According to the wrongful death lawsuit Sheridan was given lethal doses of Temador which is a chemotherapy drug. Rite Aid gave Sheridan the Temodar prescription in September, which instructed him to take 14 capsules by mouth of the drug--one each day. Sheridan was only suppose to take one capsule every other week. The instructed dosage was ten times the usual recommended amount, and almost double the amount known to cause death.
The doctor who wrote the prescription admitted his fault and settled with Sheridan’s family. According to court papers, the instructed amount of Temador allowed the cancer to spread and led to the premature death of Sheridan at age 52. Rite Aid is being sued because they failed to catch the error of the doctor who wrote the prescription. It is important to speak with an experienced attorney if a loved one is the victim of the wrongful acts of another that leads to personal injury or death. When you take drugs in inproper amounts due to the errors of doctors and pharmacy personal, you could die or get severly injured.
