WaterWings
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How to shift the blame - Ship owner sues pharmacists.
Don't you have to have a prescription to get drugs in CA? I would think the Dr has some liability here also. OHHH they forgot the pharmaceutical
companys. They've got deep pockets. Making those dangerous drugs for poor little innocent ship captains. They ought to know better.
The Associated Press April 25, 2012, 3:29PM ET
SAN FRANCISCO
The owners and operators of a container ship that slammed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007 and spilled thousands of gallons of oil
into San Francisco Bay have sued the Northern California pharmacists they claim negligently dispensed prescription drugs to the pilot of the Cosco
Busan.
The ship's owner, Regal Stone Ltd., and operator Fleet Management Ltd. Alleged in court papers filed in San Francisco Superior Court Friday that the
pills "recklessly" provided by pharmacists at a Longs drug store in Petaluma, Calif. had so clouded pilot John Cota's judgment and dulled his reflexes
that they led to the crash.
The container ship spilled more than 50,000 gallons of oil into the bay after it collided with a bridge tower. The fuel traveled to beaches north and
south of San Francisco, and biologists have blamed the spill for the deaths of more than 2,400 birds.
Michael DeAngelis, a spokesman for Rhode Island-based CVS Caremark, which owns Longs, said Wednesday that the company thinks Longs has no liability in
the accident and plans to fight the lawsuit.
Last year, Regal Stone and Fleet Management agreed to pay $4.4 million in damages to federal, state and local agencies and another $3.6 million to 120
members of the Bay Area fishing community, the San Francisco Chronicle (http://bit.ly/Jpwxp3 ) reported. Fleet Management also was fined $10 million after the company pleaded guilty to polluting and filing false
documents.
In their lawsuit, they maintain the pharmacy that furnished Cota with medication should foot some of the bill because pharmacists allegedly did not
warn Cota about combining drugs, consulted his doctors or contacted pilot licensing authorities, the newspaper said.
The lawsuit does not list the drugs Cota took or say why he was prescribed them, but cites an e-mail an unidentified pharmacy worker allegedly sent
the Coast Guard after the November 2007 accident, advising investigators to "Check John Cota for prescription drugs."
After investigating the accident, the National Transportation Safety Board concluded that Cota's cognitive abilities had been degraded by prescription
drug use. The board also faulted Cota, who had been a licensed pilot for 27 years, for choosing to sail in heavy fog, misreading the ship's radar and
navigation charts and failing to share his navigation plan's with the captain.
Cota pleaded guilty in 2009 to federal charges of causing water pollution and was sentenced to 10 months in prison.
Story here:
http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-04/D9UC518O1.htm
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whitenights
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Maybe his underwear where too tight and impaired his judgement as well?? Go after them too??? Will it ever stop??
Perhaps when people file these kind of lawsuits they should have to post a bond equal to what they are wanting in damages, and if they lose they
forfeit the money to the defendant? That might make these guys think twice about it.
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show-n-goh2o
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I get so tired of these stupid lawsuits. If this goes to court the only people that win is the lawyers on either side, both company's lose.. the court
needs to be able to say no, this will not be happening because he needs to step up and admit that he was wrong and made a bad decision. This is in no
way the drug company or pharmacy's problem. If this goes through it will create 10 new laws and regulations that will cost all of us more every time
we fill a prescription.
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quickiemonster
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Have you heard about the guy who is suing triumph and a seat manufaturer because he has had an erection since 2010 after a motorcycle ride? 
If you tell the truth, you don\'t have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
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madcon1023
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Quickie; i'm still waiting for hte punchline.......
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kyvols
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quickie.. it was a bmw motorcycle. i think bmw should use it for their next add campaign. "with those other guys you need to take a tablet daily...
with our bike it lasts for 20 months!"
http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2012/04/30/calif-man-sues-bmw-fo...
funny he sues bmw even though he added the aftermarket seat that is assumed to cause the problem.
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