Medication errors injure over a million Americans every year. Our attorneys identify the responsible parties and pursue full compensation.
Medication errors can occur at every stage of the prescribing, dispensing, and administration process. Our medication error lawyers handle cases involving physicians prescribing the wrong drug or wrong dosage; failure to check for dangerous drug interactions or known patient allergies; pharmacy dispensing errors where the wrong medication is provided; hospital nursing errors in IV medication administration; incorrect medication labeling; and failure to warn patients about serious side effects or contraindications.
Depending on where the error occurred, multiple parties may be liable: the prescribing physician, the hospital pharmacy, a retail pharmacy chain, a nurse who administered the medication, or a healthcare facility that failed to implement proper medication safety protocols. Our medication error attorneys investigate every link in the chain to identify all responsible parties.
Medication errors can cause organ damage, severe allergic reactions, drug toxicity, withdrawal complications, coma, and death. The harm is often compounded because the patient is already in a vulnerable medical state when the error occurs. A medication error lawyer ensures that the full scope of harm is documented and compensated.