Daily business review

07 April 2011

A jury is a woman nearly $1.95 million for a brain injury claims drugs as a result of confusion.

Minnie Guider, then 90, was found in 2008 in a poor state of the physical and mental. In a hospital, was brought, where her condition improved despite doctors, not able to find what was wrong with her. Three weeks later she became confused and disoriented and had to be rehospitalized. It was discovered that Intramed, a mail-order pharmacy, had mixed up their medicines. Guider claimed their blood glucose causes the wrong medicines, drop both times and caused a brain injury.

Intramed, mixing the medication but claimed that it does not violate it. Instead, argues defence that Guider suffered an independent transient ischaemic attack or mini-stroke.

Case: Guider v. Intramed Inc., no. 09-68777(12)

Plaintiff lawyers: Todd R. McPharlin and Eric Rosen, Kelley/Uustal, Fort Lauderdale

Defense lawyers: Barry A. postman and Jami L. Gursky, Cole Scott & Kissane, West Palm Beach and plantation

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