The family of a Utah woman has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a local pharmacy and her assisted living facility, alleging they gave her the wrong medication that led to her painful death in July 2018. Just a few weeks after 75-year-old Gloria Dunn chose to live at the Bel Aire Assisted Living Facility in Utah County, Utah, her health began to deteriorate at an alarming rate. When Gloria …
A Northwest Arkansas McDonald’s owned by Mathews Management Company and Peach Orchard is set to pay $103,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The lawsuit claimed a man was fired from a McDonald’s in Bentonville after management learned of his HIV-positive status. The suit also charged that the companies’ …
On a Saturday night this past March, Melissa Sheldrick gave her eight-year-old son Andrew his usual liquid medication for his REM sleep disorder and then tucked him into bed. When she went to wake him in the morning, her little boy was dead. It’s a nightmare almost too painful to even imagine.
Incarcerated As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis filed a $35 million lawsuit against a California medical team earlier this year. The suit stems from accusations of medical negligence, which claim Lambesis was not given a prescribed medication for nearly two months, allegedly resulting in the metal vocalist developing gynecomastia (enlarged breasts). In 2014, Lambesis was sentenced to six …
Many people do not think that side effects of an otherwise harmless prescription medication can kill you. While many of the outcomes don’t end in death, these medications can cause lasting damage. There are times when proper research isn’t done during clinical trials or a drug was rushed out to the public.