If a medical professional gives you the wrong medicine or the wrong amount of medicine, it can cause very serious injuries. It can put you in the hospital. In the worst cases, it can cause death.
If this has happened to you or a family member, you are not alone. You have rights, and you deserve justice. You need an experienced medication error lawyer to fight for you.
At DM Injury Law, we know how scary it is when the people who are supposed to heal you end up hurting you. We are here to help you fight back against large hospitals and greedy insurance companies. We want to help you get the money you need to pay your medical bills, cover your lost paychecks, and make up for your pain.
Contact us today to schedule your free case consultation. We work on a contingency fee basis, which means you pay nothing up front or out of pocket.
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Why Choose DM Injury Law for Your Prescription Mistakes Claim?
Medical cases are not easy. The hospitals have teams of lawyers ready to fight your claim and pay you as little as possible. To win, you need a law firm with resources and proven results.
DM Injury Law has the skills to take on the biggest hospitals and drug companies, and we never back down from a fight. We have secured over $1 billion for our injured clients. We fight to make sure you get the maximum amount of money you deserve.
No Fee Unless We Win
We know that a serious injury brings financial problems. You might be missing work, and the hospital bills are stacking up. You might be worried that you cannot afford a top-tier lawyer.
At DM Injury Law, you do not need to worry about money. We offer a contingency fee promise. This means you do not pay us a single penny out of your pocket to start your case. We only get paid if we win your case and get money for you. If we do not win, you do not pay us anything.
Our Attorneys and Large Support Staff Work for You
A medical case requires a lot of hard work. It requires reading hundreds of pages of medical records. It requires talking to medical experts.
A small law firm might not have the money or the people to fight a big hospital. But DM Injury Law is different. We have a massive team of highly skilled attorneys and a huge support staff. We have medical record specialists, investigators, and case managers who will work on every single detail of your case.
We will do all of the heavy lifting so you and your family can focus on recovering.
Types of Medication Error Cases We Handle
Giving a patient medicine seems simple, but there are many steps involved. A doctor has to write the order. A pharmacist has to fill the order. A nurse has to give it to the patient. A mistake at any of these steps is a form of medical malpractice.
According to the National Institutes of Health, about 6.5 medication errors happen for every 100 patients admitted to a hospital. These mistakes are totally preventable. Our prescription mistake lawyers handle many different types of cases, including:
- Wrong Medication: This happens when a doctor writes down the wrong drug, or the pharmacy hands you a pill meant for someone else. Taking the wrong drug can poison your body or cause your actual illness to get much worse.
- Wrong Dose: Sometimes the drug is right, but the amount is wrong. If a nurse gives you too much medicine, you can suffer a deadly overdose. If they give you too little, the medicine will not work.
- Allergic Reactions: Your doctor and pharmacy must check your medical records. If they give you a drug that you are allergic to, you can go into shock and suffer serious harm.
- Dangerous Drug Combinations: Some medicines do not mix well together. If you take them at the same time, they can cause heart failure, bleeding, or stroke. Your doctor must make sure your new medicine is safe to take with your old medicine.
- Pharmacy Errors: The pharmacy is often rushed. They might put the wrong label on the bottle, or give you the wrong instructions on how many pills to take a day.
- Errors During Surgery: When you have surgery, the doctors use very strong drugs to put you to sleep. If they make a mistake with these drugs, it can lead to terrible surgical errors, including brain damage or waking up during surgery.
- Errors During Childbirth: Mothers and babies are very delicate during delivery. If a doctor gives the wrong medicine during labor, it can cause severe birth injuries that change a child's life forever.
Sometimes, the doctor does nothing wrong, but the drug itself is bad. Big drug companies sometimes sell dangerous medicines. When this happens, our firm works to hold large companies accountable.
For example, we are currently helping people with a weight loss drug lawsuit. Specifically, we are looking at injuries caused by Ozempic and similar drugs.
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Compensation You Can Receive in a Medication Malpractice Lawsuit
When a hospital or pharmacy makes a mistake that hurts you, they owe you money. Our medication error attorney will look at every part of your life to see how the injury changed things. We want to make sure you get enough money to cover your past, present, and future problems.
We fight for the maximum settlement check or jury verdict to pay for:
- Medical Bills: This includes the cost of hospital stays, emergency room visits, extra surgeries, physical therapy, and any new medicines you need to fix the mistake.
- Lost Wages: If your injury forces you to miss work, we will fight to get you the paychecks you lost. If your injury is so bad that you can never work again, we will fight for your future lost money as well.
- Pain and Suffering: You deserve money for the physical pain and emotional fear you had to go through. Being hurt by a doctor is scary, and you deserve to be paid for that trauma.
- Wrongful Death: If a medication error took the life of someone you love, we can help your family get money for funeral costs and the loss of your loved one.
Understanding Medical Malpractice “Pain and Suffering Caps”
It is important to know that every state has different laws about how much money you can win. Some states have "damage caps." A damage cap is a strict limit on how much money a jury is allowed to give you for pain and suffering.
The National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) says:
- Missouri: About $480,000 cap, or about $840,000 for catastrophic injuries or death.
- Kansas: No cap on pain and suffering damages.
- Oklahoma: No cap on pain and suffering damages.
- Illinois: No cap on pain and suffering damages.
- Nebraska: $2.25 million total damages cap.
- Colorado: About $530,000 cap on pain and suffering damages.
Our Midwest Law Offices and Prescription Mistake Lawyers
DM Injury Law is a large law firm. We have offices across many states. Because medical laws vary by state, we have built teams of local experts. We have offices and Midwest medication error lawyers ready to help you in your hometown:
- Kansas City medication error lawyer
- St. Louis prescription errors
- Wichita prescription mistakes
- Oklahoma City prescription mistakes
- Columbia medical malpractice lawyer
- Tulsa medical malpractice lawyer
- Omaha medical malpractice lawyer
No matter where you live in the Midwest, DM Injury Law is ready to stand by your side.
FAQ for Our Medication Error Lawyers
What exactly is a medication error?
A medication error is any preventable mistake that happens when a drug is given to a patient. This includes giving the wrong drug, the wrong dose, giving the drug at the wrong time, or giving the drug in the wrong way (like a pill instead of a shot). If a medical worker does not follow the rules and hurts you with medicine, it is a medication error.
Who can I sue for a prescription mistake?
You can sue anyone whose negligence led to your injury. This may include:
- The doctor who wrote the wrong prescription.
- Hospital nurses for giving you the wrong medication.
- The pharmacy for mislabeling the bottle.
- The hospital for failing to train their staff properly.
How do I know if I have a real case?
Not every bad reaction to a drug is a lawsuit. Sometimes, drugs just make you feel sick. To have a real case, we have to prove that a medical professional broke the rules. We have to show that they made a mistake that a normal, careful doctor or pharmacist would not have made. We also have to prove that their specific mistake is what caused your serious injury or hospital stay.
How long do I have to file a lawsuit?
You do not have forever. Each state has a deadline:
- Missouri: 2 years from the malpractice, with a 10-year overall limit.
- Kansas: 2 years from when you discovered the injury, with a 4-year overall limit.
- Illinois: 2 years from discovering the malpractice, with a 4-year overall limit.
- Oklahoma: 2 years from discovering the malpractice.
- Nebraska: Usually 2 years from the malpractice, or 1 year from discovery if it was not immediately found; maximum 10 years.
- Colorado: 2 years from discovering the malpractice, with a 3-year overall limit.
Contact DM Injury Law's Medication Error Attorneys for a Free Consultation
Being hurt by the medicine that was supposed to heal you is a terrible and stressful experience. The prescription mistake attorneys at DM Injury Law are ready to deal with the hospital, talk to the insurance adjusters, and build a powerful case so you can focus on getting your life back together.
Contact us today to schedule your free consultation. We will review your case, answer your questions, and tell you exactly how we can help. And remember, you pay us absolutely nothing unless we win your case.
Call 816-888-7500 or contact us online today