Pharmaceutical Error Injury Attorney

Michael Grossman, San Antonio Personal Injury Lawyer, Discusses Pharmaceutical Errors

Every year, approximately 100,000 people die due to pharmaceutical errors and countless more are injured. Studies estimate that approximately 5% of all prescriptions are filed incorrectly.

In some cases, the injuries caused by these errors are relatively minor. But even in these situations, the patient may not be receiving the drug he or she needs. In other words, pharmaceutical errors are always serious, and if you or someone you love has suffered a pharmaceutical error injury, San Antonio pharmacy error attorney Michael Grossman from Grossman Law Offices can help you seek justice and fair compensation.

In general, pharmaceutical errors are committed in two different ways:

• A doctor writes the prescription incorrectly, either prescribing the wrong drug or prescribing an incorrect dosage of the correct drug
• A pharmacist makes a mistake while filing the prescription, giving the patient either the incorrect drug or an incorrect dosage of the correct drug

Note that pharmaceutical error injuries do not cover injuries caused by a defective or dangerous drug. Those injuries fall under drug product liability cases, and they involve different legal tactics for seeking compensation.

If you are filing a pharmaceutical error injury lawsuit, you will be filing a medical malpractice claim, though the details of your claim differ based on what type of error was committed. A medical malpractice claim filed against a physician is different from a medical malpractice claim filed against a pharmacist. In some cases, you will need to file a claim against both the physician and the pharmacist.

Ultimately, however, you will be filing a medical malpractice claim, and these claims are possibly the most complex in the legal world. Many law firms have simply stopped accepting medical malpractice claims in recent years, and a non-attorney has absolutely no chance of success if he or she is filing a medical malpractice lawsuit alone. Why are these lawsuits so difficult?

Part of the difficulty stems from the subject matter. Medical issues are complex, and far beyond the understanding of most laymen (there is a reason medical school is so daunting, after all). Building a legitimate claim in a medical malpractice lawsuit typically involves the use of numerous expert witnesses from the relevant medical field. If you do not know how to secure expert witness testimony, you will not be able to prove the validity of your claim.

But most of the recent increase in medical malpractice lawsuit complexity results from tort reform enacted in recent years. Legislators thought that medical professionals were too vulnerable to lawsuits, and so they changed numerous laws surrounding medical malpractice claims in order to protect doctors, pharmacists, and other medical professionals. Not only did this tort reform limit the amount of compensation that a plaintiff might receive, but it also created a number of very specific conditions which must be met in order to have a valid claim. Most non-attorneys do not even know that these conditions exist, and yet, if your claim is not filed in a specific way as to meet them, then you will not receive any compensation.

Despite the complexity, San Antonio pharmacy error lawyer Michael Grossman can help you. He has twenty years of experience investigating and resolving medical malpractice cases. He has a working knowledge of the tort reform issues, and he knows how to construct a case so that all the necessary conditions are met. Furthermore, he knows how to secure the expert witness testimony necessary to lend validity to your claim. In other words, he has the experience and the determination necessary to defend your rights and make sure you receive fair compensation for your injuries. He has successfully resolved hundreds of pharmacy error cases. Insurance adjusters and defense firms are aware of how successful he has been, and they often offer our clients sizable settlements when they learn that our firm is on the case – they simply do not want to go up against our lawyers in court. In short, we can help you get the compensation you need as painlessly as possible. So if you or someone in your family has been injured due to a pharmaceutical error, contact San Antonio pharmacy error attorney Michael Grossman today, and let us help you bring those responsible for your injuries to justice.