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SPECIALTY LAW - August, 2005 Health Care

Cases summarized in the August, 2005 issue of
Specialty Law Digest: Health Care.

DRUGS, MEDICINES, DEVICES AND PRODUCTS


antibiotics -- record contained ample evidence of existence of standing order that required nursing staff to administer preoperative antibiotics to patients being treated by operating group. Lloyd Noland Hosp. v. Durham (Ala. 2005), No. 1030422

Cryers elevator -- doctrine of res ipsa loquitur was not applicable to claim by dental patient whose jaw had been fractured during extraction of wisdom tooth. Howie v. Walsh (N.C.App. 2005), 609 S.E.2d 249

Daypro -- state regulations did not establish generalized duty on part of pharmacists to warn of every potentially adverse reaction to drug. Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp. (Ga.App. 2005), No. A04A2203

diapers -- claims arising from failure to change nursing home resident's diapers fell under Nursing Home Resident's Bill of Rights. Henry v. West Monroe Guest House, Inc. (La.App. 2005), 895 So.2d 680

drugs -- state regulations did not establish generalized duty on part of pharmacists to warn of every potentially adverse reaction to drug. Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp. (Ga.App. 2005), No. A04A2203

injections -- expert not permitted to testify that facial injections of liquid silicone over long period of time, administered to plaintiff as acne treatment, could have been cause systemic disease that expert called "silicon toxicity." Pauling v. Orentreich Med. Group (N.Y.App.Div. 2005), No. 5057

Navane -- expert testimony necessary to support claim that mental patient died from asphyxiation after administration of Navane because he was not properly monitored. Hyman v. East Jefferson Gen. Hosp. (La.App. 2005), No. 04-CA-1222

prescription drugs -- state regulations did not establish generalized duty on part of pharmacists to warn of every potentially adverse reaction to drug. Chamblin v. K-Mart Corp. (Ga.App. 2005), No. A04A2203

silicone injections -- expert not permitted to testify that facial injections of liquid silicone over long period of time, administered to plaintiff as acne treatment, could have been cause systemic disease that expert called "silicon toxicity." Pauling v. Orentreich Med. Group (N.Y.App.Div. 2005), No. 5057



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