Possible Response to Prices Claims - Essay Example

The court is likely to dismiss Price’s claims because of various legal concepts that invalidate his contract with the parties and even undermine possible claim from their dealings in the drug. A contract is only valid if its subject matter is legal and Price’s act of concealing information when he contracted the different parties for prescription and multiple purchases of the drug amounts to fraud and illegality of the purchases. Similarly, Price contributed to the effects of the drug by concealing information on the previous usage and failing to inform practitioners of previous purchases of the drug reverts responsibility to him (Miller, 2014). The invalidity of the contract and contributory negligence, should validity be upheld, would inform a decision against Price.  

Possible effects of ruling in favour of Price

A ruling in favour of Price would induce legal liability, into payment of damages or restrictions on the parties’ professional operations, due to negligence. These would further change the parties’ guidelines to prescription and delivery of controlled medicines, by increasing strictness, and would reduce the number of operations on the drugs. The ruling would also impose a negative image on the parties.