Drug Supplier Not at Fault for Teen's Overdose on Stolen Xanax, Court Rules
Harding Pharmacy, others agreed to pay $4.1M to a man who swallowed stolen Xanax in 2007 and suffered serious injuries. A state court ruled Wednesday that the wholesale distributor, Kinray Inc., was not liable for injuries.
A state appeals court ruled Wednesday to deny a final appeal claiming a New York-based pharmaceutical supplier is partially liable for severe injuries a then-17-year-old Saddle River boy suffered when he overdosed on stolen prescription drugs at a party in 2007. According to court documents, then 17-year-old Scott Simon threw a party at the Saddle River house his father purchased. It was there, on Sept. 22, 2007, Simon voluntarily ingested stolen Xanax pills provided by friend Marc Malajian, who worked as a part-time clerk at Harding Pharmacy in Ridgewood. The drugs were supplied to Harding by Whitestone, NY company Kinray Inc. Malajian, according to court documents, gave him the pills despite observing Simon seemed "messed up" and knowing…
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3:42 pm on Monday, December 24, 2012
We do not have legal or judicial system in our country is run by bunch "MORONS". This litigation should be in opposite direction since this idiot S. Simon was under the edge Pharmaceutical Company has legal right to hold parents liable for any damaged or loses. It seem that judicial system always works what is right for me it is not right for you, as old American Indian putt it white man speaks … more ›