http://www.wvgazette.com/article/20150515/GZ01/150519493
In an opinion filed Wednesday, the West Virginia Supreme Court said people who illegally abused the drugs that were prescribed to them can still sue the doctors and pharmacists they claim caused their addictions…
The opinion, which refuses to adopt a “wrongful conduct rule,” involves 29 former patients of Mountain Medical Center, in Williamson, who were prescribed controlled substances and became addicted after abusing prescriptions…
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I don’t think it’s right?
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Doesn’t seem right. Looks like these patients found attorneys who will sue just to make money from desperate people.
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No wonder doctors are afraid to prescribe pain pills.
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This was a recent court decision, which hasn’t had any effect yet. Doctors are mostly afraid of the DEA and State Medical Boards.
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