HARRISBURG - Walmart allegedly committed a packaging error, leading a customer to take the wrong medicine and tragically pass away.
Cindy M. Orner sued on behalf of the Estate of Raymond J. Order, Jr. in the Court of Common Pleas of Franklin County, Pennsylvania on Feb. 26, and Walmart removed the case to U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania weeks later.
Cindy claimed that a misprint on Walmart medicine resulted in Raymond’s death. Raymond was taking Clopidogrel (a.k.a. Plavix) starting in April 2017 after getting stents in his right coronary artery, left internal carotid artery, and his right internal iliac artery over the last four years. He was prescribed the medicine and picked it up.
It was labeled Clopidogrel, but the lawsuit claims that the medicine inside was actually Simvastatin.
“It is believed that Mr. Orner took the incorrect medication, believing the bottle he had been given at Walmart had been packaged with Clopidogrel,” the lawsuit alleges. “Because Mr. Orner was not actually taking Clopidogrel as prescribed by his doctor, his risk of suffering a heart attack and stroke increased with each passing day.”
He had a heart attack and passed away in late 2017. He was 55 years old.