Mom overdoses infant on cough medicine and then sues
Posted November 15th, 2007 by minortopics | via www.msnbc.msn.comTwo words - Tort - Reform.
How in the world can a mother blame drug companies for giving her tiny infant an overdose?? No medicine warns you of what is blatently obvious - you don’t take or give 2 of the same medicines and pretend like you’re dispensing one. (Can we sue her for stupidity at an innocent babies expense?)
Alvarez gave her son McNeil-PPC Inc.’s Infant Tylenol Cold Decongestant Plus Cough and Walgreen-brand Pediatric Drops-Cough Plus Cold, according to the lawsuit. Both contain dextromethorphan.
A coroner’s report says Devon Mehlberg-Alvarez died of dextromethorphan intoxication, with tests showing his system metabolized the ingredient slowly, allowing it to build up to toxic levels, according to the lawsuit.
The 41-page lawsuit was filed in Lake County Circuit Court and seeks unspecified damages. It names Deerfield-based Walgreen Co. and McNeil, a unit of New Brunswick, N.J.-based Johnson & Johnson, claiming the companies knew the hazards of dextromethorphan for years but failed to warn consumers.