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Philadelphia Personal Injury Attorney Blog | Pomerantz Perlberger & Lewis LLP
Philadelphia Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Attorneys serving the Philadelphia and Pennsylvania areas. Pomerantz, Perlberger and Lewis have extensive experience with serious injuries as a result of someone else's negligence.
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Prescription Error Causes Death of Florida Woman
In Florida, a jury has awarded $25.8 million to the family of a cancer patient who was given a wrong prescription, suffered a stroke, and died. This was one of the largest awards in Florida wrongful death history. Writing and filling prescriptions incorrectly is a very common form of medical malpractice that can lead to serious injury and death.
In 2002, Beth Hippely was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat her breast cancer. However, an inexperienced 19-year-old pharmacy technician filled her prescription incorrectly and gave her ten times the amount of what the doctor ordered for her.
This particular error caused a cerebral hemorrhage resulting in permanent bodily injury, disability and physical pain. Mrs. Hippely, a mother of three, was just 46 years old when she died. Chris Searcy, one of the lawyers for the Hippely family, has said, "Beth Hippely died unnecessarily because this tenfold overdose with Warfarin by the pharmacy she trusted caused her cancer to come back with a vengeance and it interrupted all of her cancer treatments."
If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to a prescription error or any other form of medical malpractice in Pennsylvania, please visit the website of a Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney at Pomerantz, Perlberger & Lewis today
In 2002, Beth Hippely was prescribed Warfarin, a blood thinner, to treat her breast cancer. However, an inexperienced 19-year-old pharmacy technician filled her prescription incorrectly and gave her ten times the amount of what the doctor ordered for her.
This particular error caused a cerebral hemorrhage resulting in permanent bodily injury, disability and physical pain. Mrs. Hippely, a mother of three, was just 46 years old when she died. Chris Searcy, one of the lawyers for the Hippely family, has said, "Beth Hippely died unnecessarily because this tenfold overdose with Warfarin by the pharmacy she trusted caused her cancer to come back with a vengeance and it interrupted all of her cancer treatments."
If you or a loved one has suffered or died due to a prescription error or any other form of medical malpractice in Pennsylvania, please visit the website of a Philadelphia medical malpractice attorney at Pomerantz, Perlberger & Lewis today
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