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Vin Suprynowicz has a good piece on a new lawsuit just brought before the Nevada Supreme Court by Las Vegas attorney Phil Aurbach.  The contention is that pharmacists had a duty to voice their concerns to doctors before filling a prescription for a narcotic painkiller for a woman who later killed someone in a car crash (in Vegas in 2004).

Aurbach says Nevada pharmacists continued to fill prescriptions for Patricia Copening even after warnings by a state task force that she might be a prescription drug abuser.  He asked the court to reinstate the wrongful death case he seeks to file against several pharmacies.

District Judge Douglas Herndon earlier threw out the case, saying the pharmacies were not legally liable in the crash.  Vin concurs and says you can’t hold pharmacists responsible for following doctors’ orders, nor for what people do with the pills they’re given.  I agree.

I do think the sentences for people who commit crimes while abusing prescription pills should be much harsher, though.  The lady from this story got only NINE MONTHS in jail after killing someone while all doped up.  That sentence seems more appropriate for non-negligent manslaughter, not for someone who chose to drive after popping pills that say “Warning:  May cause drowsiness.  Do not operate heavy machinery” on the side of the bottle.

of what the Senate is up to. 

Incumbent Nevada state Senator Bob Beers has filed a libel lawsuit against Allison Copening and the Nevada Democratic Party.  The complaint was filed due to political advertising that contains libelous statements claiming Beers was under “Ethics Commission review.” 

I checked it out and Beers has never been under investigation by the Nevada Ethics Commission, so if the advertising did state this, it is indeed false.  And if the Dems and Copening knew this, they did libel Beers and should be held accountable.

You can read the complaint here.

The Nevada Democrats have certainly been peddling a lot of lies and sleaze this campaign season.  Their billboard smears against Beers were called “misleading and blatantly false”  by CityLife editor and Democrat Geoff Schumacher, who is no fan of Beers.  You can read more about it here.

And if you care to learn the differences between the candidates’ policies, you can go here.