Prescription Drug Errors

Compensation for Prescription Mistakes

Miami, Florida Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawyer

In any given week:
• More than four of five U.S. adults take at least one medication.
• One-third of those people are taking five or more different drugs

At least 1.5 million Americans are harmed each year by medication errors, according to a 2006 study commissioned by Congress. The Institute of Medicine also concluded that at least one-fourth of prescription drug mistakes were preventable.

That's where we come in. Dolan Law Firm of Miami represents clients throughout South Florida and Central Florida who suffered catastrophic injury or life-threatening illness because of the negligence of medical professionals in prescribing or administering drugs. We have recovered substantial verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured patients or families whose loved one died because of a prescription error.

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Prescription mistakes result in serious injury in one of three ways:

• Adverse reaction to the wrong drug: Perilous side effects in people who should not take a specific drug, or dangerous interactions with other medications the patient is taking
• Being deprived of the correct medicine: We represented the family of a man who died of a stroke when he got anti-seizure meds instead of the high blood pressure drug he needed.
• Too much, or not enough of the right drug: A supercharged or insufficient dosage may cause a violent allergic reaction, sometimes leading to brain injury, paralysis, heart attack, or death.

Holding Providers Accountable

Dolan Law Firm demonstrates how the negligence of medical professionals or lack of safeguard systems led to the medication mistake, resulting in harm to patients who faithfully relied on them. We have successfully litigated:

Doctor Errors — illegible dose expressions, incorrect prescriptions, failure to account for contraindications

Pharmacy Errors — wrong drug or dosage error, failure to check for drug interactions, unlicensed staff filling orders

Hospital Errors — prescription mistake by the doctor or dispensing error by the nurse

Personal injury trial lawyer Dan Dolan spent the first part of his career defending physicians and hospitals in these same kinds of cases. The medical malpractice insights he has gained make him an effective advocate who can anticipate how the defense will try to deny responsibility.

Contact our Orlando office at (305) 371-2692 for a no-cost, no-obligation case evaluation. We take cases on a contingency basis — no attorney fees unless we recover compensation for you. We can visit clients in their home or hospital.