Shadow205
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This is very disturbing. I know that merchandise sold at stores like Family Dollar are often "seconds" or have slight defects. I had never thought about what could be defective in their over the counter medicine!! My dd buys sinus/alergy relief tablets there. NOT after reading this!
A St. Lucie County mother filed a wrongful death suit Friday against Family Dollar claiming her daughter died from cough syrup she bought there.
Elizabeth Dawn McLaughlin claimed she bought an 8-ounce bottle of Family Dollar Cough Syrup from a store in Vero Beach on April 25, 2005, for her daughter Teresa Humphries, the suit states. She took the syrup for two days, as directed, and died April 27 from dextromethorphan toxicity, according to the medical examiner's office.
The suit claims the labeling on the bottle and the markings on the dosage cup were defective and the chemical contents of the bottle were "lethal" to Humphries. A spokeswoman for Family Dollar Services, Inc., which is headquartered in North Carolina, declined to comment, stating a policy not to discuss pending litigation.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4642350,00.html
A St. Lucie County mother filed a wrongful death suit Friday against Family Dollar claiming her daughter died from cough syrup she bought there.
Elizabeth Dawn McLaughlin claimed she bought an 8-ounce bottle of Family Dollar Cough Syrup from a store in Vero Beach on April 25, 2005, for her daughter Teresa Humphries, the suit states. She took the syrup for two days, as directed, and died April 27 from dextromethorphan toxicity, according to the medical examiner's office.
The suit claims the labeling on the bottle and the markings on the dosage cup were defective and the chemical contents of the bottle were "lethal" to Humphries. A spokeswoman for Family Dollar Services, Inc., which is headquartered in North Carolina, declined to comment, stating a policy not to discuss pending litigation.
http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_4642350,00.html