00:00 Alright, moving on to a story that we have not talked about in all the weeks that we've
00:05 been doing this and all the months that we've been doing this.
00:06 So Aaron Carter, as we know, he died from a drowning accident last year, but the singer's
00:11 young son, Princeton Carter, reportedly believes otherwise.
00:16 So nearly one year after he died, he was found dead in a bathtub in his California home.
00:21 A wrongful death lawsuit was reportedly filed by Princeton's mom, Melanie Martin, on his
00:26 behalf.
00:27 So in court documents, Princeton, who is only one year old, alleges that doctors and pharmacies
00:33 played a key role in his demise.
00:35 The toddler claims they improperly prescribed and dispensed medications that affected Aaron's
00:40 judgment and mental health.
00:41 According to the documents, doctors allegedly prescribed a series of drugs without any sort
00:47 of medical reasoning.
00:48 Walgreens, among others, is named as a defendant in the lawsuit, which seeks unspecified damages.
00:53 So a lot of people are going to be asking, how can a one year old file something like
00:57 this?
00:58 Obviously, his mother did it, but how can a why didn't she do it?
01:01 And why is it under his name?
01:04 So whenever you're dealing with a wrongful death lawsuit, usually the next of kin will
01:08 file.
01:09 And oftentimes that's either the spouse or the child, biological or adopted, or both
01:14 can file.
01:15 So you know, again, as long as they were still married at the time of death and not divorced,
01:21 then the living spouse would also have a claim.
01:26 So either or both can file.
01:29 So they are seeking damages from these major companies like Walgreens and things like that.
01:33 I mean, will they win something like this?
01:36 This is going to be a tough case to prove.
01:39 And this is one of those areas where each state's laws differ.
01:42 We're talking about medical malpractice here.
01:44 And California has a pretty strict cap on medical malpractice.
01:48 There's a $250,000 cap.
01:51 That's going to be increased soon for inflation.
01:56 But at least as of right now, that cap is in effect.
01:59 Now that cap doesn't apply to certain things like lost earnings and to the extent that
02:03 Carter was making money.
02:05 Maybe there wouldn't be a cap on those types of damages.
02:07 But these types of claims are very hard to win.
02:10 Now the argument would be, and a lot of folks don't know this, but when patients go and
02:17 try to get prescription meds, particularly opioids and pain meds from multiple doctors,
02:23 doctors are supposed to run a cure's report.
02:25 That's a DEA report that would indicate if they're going to different doctors to get
02:31 pills.
02:32 So that's a potential theory of liability.
02:35 But otherwise, it's a very tough case.
02:37 You know, Walgreens, obviously, pharmacies, I mean, they get the prescription, they fill
02:41 the prescription.
02:42 And the case against the doctor, unless the doctor knew that the prescription meds were
02:45 going to be abused or that Carter was going to get them from multiple people, it's going
02:49 to be a tough case.
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