Legal Opinion
Cottam v. CVS Pharmacy
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 14, 2002PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
We address the issue whether a pharmacy has a duty to warn its customers of the potential side effects of the prescription drugs it dispenses. The plaintiff, Robert L. Cottam, suffered permanent injury when he failed to seek timely medical attention for a side effect he experienced after taking the prescription drug Trazodone. He had obtained the drug at a CVS Pharmacy (CVS). Cottam filed a complaint in the Superior Court alleging that CVS was negligent in failing to warn him of the side effect and its seriousness. Cottam also claimed negligence in failing to warn by his prescribing…
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