MIAMI – Walgreens has lost a key ruling as it sought protection from liability for the death of a man who suffered cardiac arrest after receiving his COVID vaccine.

The Estate of Alfredo Barrera originally filed its lawsuit in Miami-Dade County Circuit Court in 2023, alleging the company and pharmacist Melinda Davis were negligent in giving Barrera a COVID vaccine.

Barrera died July 28, 2021, the day after receiving a COVID vaccine at Walgreens. He suffered a cardiac arrest, and his estate claims Davis ignored protocol in reviewing his VAR form.

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