In August Paula Burcham, who ran an unlicensed day-care from her Lakeland, Fla. home, was sentenced to eight years in prison for giving a lethal dose of the sedative/antihistamine Benadryl to 3 1/2 month old Grace Fields, a child under her care. Now the infant’s mother is suing not only Burcham but also the Eckerd drugstore chain; Pfizer, which makes Benadryl, and a Michigan firm that manufactures a generic version; Polk County, and its health department; and the Florida state Department of Children & Families. (“Mother sues baby sitter, drug maker, drugstore”, AP/Miami Herald, Dec. 22).
Infant’s Benadryl death: so many defendants to blame
In August Paula Burcham, who ran an unlicensed day-care from her Lakeland, Fla. home, was sentenced to eight years in prison for giving a lethal dose of the sedative/antihistamine Benadryl to 3 1/2 month old Grace Fields, a child under her care. Now the infant’s mother is suing not only Burcham but also the Eckerd […]
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