Pharmacy may be responsible for containership collision

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A containership owner is suing a US pharmacist for its role in supplying a series of medical drugs to a San Francisco maritime pilot who was found to be guilty of causing the Cosco Busan to collide with the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, which tore a huge gash in the side of the vessel and resulted in 53,000 gallons of bunker fuel being spilled into local waters.

The vessel’s pilot, John Cota, a member of the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association ...