Court Holds Pharmacists’ Refusal to Fill Physician’s Prescriptions Not Actionable

A federal court in Tennessee Oct. 9 granted summary judgment to several pharmacies accused of intentionally interfering with a doctor’s business relationships by refusing to fill prescriptions she had written for certain controlled substances (Brown v. CVS Pharmacy, LLC, M.D. Tenn., 3:11-cv-00980, 10/9/13).

In a decision by Judge Aleta A. Trauger, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee said Dr. Joyce Brown failed to produce evidence that pharmacies operated by CVS Pharmacy LLC, K Mart Corp., Walgreen Co. and Wal-Mart Stores East LP acted improperly and with an intent to injure Brown when they ...