Even pharmacies make mistakes when filling prescriptions, but in order to file a medical malpractice lawsuit against a pharmacy in Kentucky for negligence, you must prove that the standard of care has been breached. In pharmacy malpractice cases, this can happen in a number of different ways, including: Dispensing the wrong drug, whether at a careless private pharmacy or a negligent hospital pharmacy Dispensing an improper amount of a drug Providing the wrong dosage of a drug Failure to conduct a patient drug review Providing the patient with the wrong directions for use Failure to counsel the patient on the drug’s proper use Defective drugs