Description
Causation: In proceedings arising out of a mistakenly high strength of a prescription drug, the dispensing pharmacist should have been put on notice of the significant increase in the dosage from the pharmacy's own records and should have checked with the prescribing doctor. However that breach of itself was not causative of any loss as there was no evidence that the prescribing doctor would have corrected the strength. The pharmacist should however have enquired about the frequency of dose absent any reference to it in the prescription. That failure was causative of the losses suffered by the Claimant. The chain of causation was not breached by the subsequent non negligent repeat prescription given by another doctor.
