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Pharmacy Should Share Blame For Fatal OD, Pa. Justices Told
Law360 (May 19, 2021, 5:09 PM EDT) The Superior Court of Pennsylvania impermissibly broadened a legal doctrine that prohibits people committing illegal acts from suing those who share culpability when it dismissed claims a Scranton pharmacy was in part liable for an overdose death, the victim s family told the state justices Wednesday.
Michael Shaffer of Shaffer & Gaier LLC, representing the family of Cody Albert, said the lower courts that let Sheeley s Drug Store Inc. toss the family s wrongful death case on summary judgment, because Albert was allegedly abusing drugs, were threatening to take away legal recourse for other parties, such as people who were visibly intoxicated but.