If you or a loved one was injured because a pharmacy provided the wrong prescription, a pharmacy error lawsuit can get you and your family answers, compensation and justice. These pharmacy malpractice cases can involve getting someone else’s medication or getting a medication that is spelled like the one that was actually prescribed. The harm can be substantial, with severe, permanent damage or even wrongful death.
“We have handled cases where prescription medications caused kidney damage, brain damage, and death. Pharmacies responsible for these kinds of injuries need to be held accountable.”Fred Pritzker
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There is No Excuse for a Pharmacy Giving the Wrong Prescription
When a pharmacy provides the wrong prescription and the patient is harmed, the company that owns the pharmacy is generally legally responsible. There is no excuse for the carelessness of a company pharmacist or other employee.
In order to obtain compensation for a client in a pharmacy malpractice lawsuit, we have to be able to prove three things:
- The pharmacy committed malpractice by giving you the wrong medication or giving you the right medication but in the wrong dosage;
- The pharmacy error caused symptoms and problems that you would not have suffered had you received the correct medication/dosage; and
- The nature and extent of the harms and losses you suffered as a result of the error.
Proving the first element is fairly easy. This involves comparing the prescription written by the doctor with the actual prescription you received. Since the pharmacy is charged with filling the prescription as written by the doctor, the failure to do so is usually the fault of the pharmacy.
Proving “causation” – that the error caused harm – is often more challenging, especially in cases where there is no death or serious injury. In other words, we have to be able to prove the error was a substantial factor in bringing about a change in condition that would not have occurred in the absence of the error.
The third element, proving the nature and extent of the harms and losses you suffered as a result of the error, is a more practical issue, especially if there is no long –term damage. Practically speaking, the expected recovery has to be significant enough to justify the time, risk and expense of bringing a claim.
In proving causation and the extent of damages, we usually need the testimony of a physician willing and able to state that you were injured as a result of the pharmacy error. In other words, have you been to the doctor as a result of the error and, if so, will the doctor testify that you suffered harm as a result of that error? Unfortunately, in the absence of such testimony, it may be difficult to pursue a claim on your behalf.
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Read about Walgreens prescription error and lawsuit and a CVS lawsuit. There have been a number of claims against pharmacies involving prescription errors, including wrong medication, wrong dose and mislabeling.
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