Prince wrongful death suit names suburban Walgreens stores

[TexasTowelie]

Just before midnight on April 14, 2016, Prince boarded a plane, heading home to Minnesota after a concert in Atlanta.

He had company: his friend and bodyguard Kirk Johnson, and the singer Judith Hill, who remembers Prince telling her that he was depressed, bored, and wanted his sleep more than he usually did. He’d thought he was going to fall asleep onstage, he said.

Not long after takeoff, the plane made an emergency landing in Moline, Illinois. Prince was suffering from an overdose, and needed urgent medical attention. The Moline Fire Department took him to Trinity Medical Center, a local hospital. They succeeded in reviving him, but it took 2 milligrams of naloxone, twice as much as it takes for the typical narcotics user.

A week later, Prince would have another overdose. That one was fatal.

After two years of investigation, no one has been criminally charged for Prince’s death. But his surviving family are seeking a different kind of justice, in civil court, where they lay blame for his overdoses on doctors and pharmacists.

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[still_one]

1. I can buy the suit against the physician, but if Walgreens received a legitimate Rx from a licensed

physician, I don't buy that Walgreens should be held responsible, though I understand why lawyers will sue anyone involved in the dispensing of the drug

[emulatorloo]

3. +1

[liberalhistorian]

4. I don't even buy the suit against the physician.

She did exactly what she was supposed to do. Prince is the one who refused all of the tests that she recommended and wanted to do, and doctors cannot force adult patients to consent to and undergo tests if they refuse to do so. And it's not normal procedure for them to test prescription pills in their lab to make sure the pills are what they're supposed to be and they certainly weren't telepathic nor did they have a crystal ball. I don't see any fault here on the part of any of the defendants. I see grieving family members taking out their grief and frustration on those who were not at fault and could not force Prince to do anything.

Addiction is a brutal disease and Prince needed help with it, but, as an adult, he could not be forced to do so. Sadly, it appears that he was finally beginning to be ready to be treated for it when he OD'd. Just like I cannot force my own son to undergo treatment or even recognize he has a problem, as he's an adult. There are a lot of sick suppliers out there, though, as Prince unfortunately discovered too late; suppliers who'll dangerously mix their drugs without making that known. My son was also almost a victim, as a sicko mixed fentanyl into the heroin he was trying and he nearly died. I feel for Prince's family, but they're barking up the wrong tree here.

[still_one]

5. The reason I mentioned the physician was not to imply guilt, but determine if he had been dispensing

the fentanyl properly

To use an example for my point I use Michael Jackson's physican, Conrad Murray.