Hospital Errors

Medication Mistakes in Florida Hospitals

Uncovering Hospital Error in Prescription Drug Injuries

Unfortunately, hospitals make prescription errors, medication mix-ups, and mistakes by nurses in administering drugs all too often. First, there is the sheer traffic of patients coming and going on a daily basis. On top of that, patients are often sedated, in great pain, or otherwise incapable of advocating for their own safety.

The responsibility for getting the right medicine into the right people lies solely with the hospital and its medical staff. Dolan Law Firm of Miami, Florida serves as the voice for victims of hospital negligence, representing clients throughout South Florida and Central Florida. We have secured substantial settlements and verdicts against medical providers for serious injury or fatality resulting from drug errors.

Hospital Drug Error? Free Evaluation at (305) 371-2692

In 11 years of practice, our personal injury and wrongful death lawyer has litigated a variety of medical malpractice and negligence claims involving drug-delivery errors in hospitals and emergency rooms:

• Staff doctors who write the wrong prescription
• Illegible scrips misinterpreted by the nurse or hospital pharmacy
• Administering the wrong drug or a toxic dose of the right drug
• IV errors
• Giving medicine to a patient with a known allergy to that drug
• Failing to account for contraindications (interactions with other drugs, or people who should not take a particular drug)
• Untrained staff administering medicine

Case example: A nurse's error resulted in her administering double to triple the prescribed dose of the anti-coagulant Heparin to a man. The overdose killed the patient, whose family we represent in a wrongful death lawsuit.

Dan Dolan is a proven trial lawyer with the skills and resources to confront hospital corporations and their insurance carriers' high-powered lawyers. In fact, as a former malpractice and insurance defense lawyer himself, Mr. Dolan knows what to expect as he prepares your case.

Contact Dolan Law Firm at (305) 371-2692 for a free case evaluation. We receive no attorney fees unless we secure compensation on your behalf. We also can visit clients at their hospital or home.