Employee evaluations must detail performance
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The detailing of performance in employee evaluations is beneficial in two ways. First, employees will be alerted with their specific problem areas and second, it will provide a defense for employers in case of discrimination claims following employee termination. An example of such claims that illustrate the second benefit is the case of Forooqui v. Cook County in 1998, which involved a multiple count complaint filed by a pharmacist supervisor against his former employer, a county hospital. Little evidence was found by the court that could justify the unsatisfactory written performance evaluation given to the plaintiff.
Publication Name: American Druggist
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0190-5279
Year: 1999
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Pharmacies must maintain patient confidentiality
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Pharmacies must follow procedures that comply with pertinent state laws and court rules in providing subpoenaed records to lawyers and courts. Rite Aid Corp was sued by a customer whose records were given to her husband's lawyer who subpoenaed the records in connection with a divorce case. Rite Aid's action was initially upheld by a trial judge, but it was appealed and the decision was reversed by the Rhode Island Supreme Court. The court ruled that a subpoena does not nullify a person's right to confidentiality and to object to the disclosure required by a subpoena.
Publication Name: American Druggist
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0190-5279
Year: 1999
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State courts disagree on limits of negligence
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Two state supreme courts came up with different decisions on two separate cases with similar fact patterns regarding improper dispensing of drugs by pharmacists. The two cases involved claims for damages for the negligent infliction of emotional distress to family members of a person who was injured or died due to a misfilled prescription. In Fernandez v. Walgreen Hastings Co, the New Mexico Supreme Court damages for the emotional distress. In Crippens v. Sav On Drug Stores, the Nevada Supreme Court ruled otherwise.
Publication Name: American Druggist
Subject: Retail industry
ISSN: 0190-5279
Year: 1999
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