SCRANTON — A pharmacist is accusing a supermarket chain of retaliating against her after she refused to fill an invalid prescription.
Cheryl Judge-Wilson filed a complaint on Aug. 17 in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas against Bracy's Supermarket Inc., alleging wrongful discharge
According to the complaint, Judge-Wilson did not dispense phenobarbital, a controlled substance, to a customer, because he did not have a valid prescription. Judge-Wilson alleges her manager told her to, but she refused. In response, she says, the manager gave her a disciplinary notice.
Afterward, Judge-Wilson was refused days off and forced to resign, the complaint states. Judge-Wilson claims she has experienced serious health problems due to the situation.
Judge-Wilson requests a trial by jury and seeks damages of more than $50,000.00, plus costs. She is represented by Kimberly D. Borland of Borland and Borland in Wilkes-Barre.
Case number 18CV4476