What Is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl is an analgesic drug that is used legally in the healthcare environment. Fentanyl is also created in an illegal laboratory across the country, whereby it is abused by many people, and it can lead to a drug overdose. Fentanyl is an opioid, and it can cause serious side effects if abused, such as:
- Euphoria
- Sedation
- Pain relief
- Nausea
- Pupillary constriction
- Urinary retention
- Vomiting
- Trouble breathing
- Clammy skin
- Cyanosis
- Coma
- Respiratory failure
- death
Fentanyl is part of the current global opioid crisis affecting our country today. fentanyl is a synthetic opioid which can be fatal with an overdose of the drug in a person’s body. When fentanyl is made on the “street” and is given to a person of any age, there can be the result of death for taking this highly potent drug. The reason that fentanyl is so potent and deadly, is because it is up to 100 times more potent and dangerous than the drug morphine.1
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Help, My Family Member Had a Fentanyl Overdose at a Private High School, Is the School Liable for the Wrongful Death?
If you have a family member who died from an overdose of fentanyl at a private high school, then you should call us today to review your case. If a student is at a high school, that school administrator, principal or other leaders and teachers at the school are responsible for the health, welfare and safety of the children and students attending the school. School care for the educational needs of a child or student, while the student is on the premises of the school. The school needs to enforce a no drugs policy at the school, and do whatever is necessary to ensure the safety of the students while they are on the school property. In the case that illegal and illicit drugs are being distributed at a private school or private high school, then the administrators at the school are responsible for the safety of getting the drugs safely off the property and away from the students. If there are people on the school campus selling drugs, then it is the duty and responsibility of the school to call law enforcement to help with the effort to remove anyone from dealing or selling drugs to students at the school location.
Why Is “Street” Fentanyl So Dangerous and Deadly for Users of This Drug?
The use of the street version of fentanyl is deadly, because it is often mixed with heroin and cocaine, usually without the person’s knowledge who buys it on the street illegally. When law enforcement agents in our country seize fentanyl from drug busts, they often find counterfeit prescription opioid pills that have been laced and mixed with fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine, along with other “filler” materials that can be rat poison or other deadly substances. It is relatively easy for an illegal fentanyl drug maker to press pills, mix various powders into the concoction and sell it as medicinal fentanyl on the street. If this is bought by someone interested in selling the pills to other people at a private high school or public high school, then it suffices to say that nine times out of ten the end chain users of illegal fentanyl never know what it is mixed with, and will die of an overdose the first time they use the street drug. When drugs are sold to high school students, they can often be marketed by illegal drug sellers to look like oxycodone, candy, or other pills, which are then laced or composed of fentanyl and other byproducts of the illegal drug trade. Uniformly speaking, these pills can be so incredibly potent, that one part of the pill is enough to kill a human, and often people take more than one pill at a time, thus resulting in certain death by an overdose of fentanyl. If this has happened to you, just call us to review your case, and talk to an attorney with expertise in wrongful death cases from fentanyl overdose claims.
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You are able to always give you a free second opinion case review, if you are working with another legal firm that is not meeting your needs. When you call us today, we will give you the access you need to our attorneys who specialize in wrongful death cases based on fentanyl overdose claims. Just call us now to talk to a lawyer with a specialty in wrongful death claims, and we can help you with your case now. You can have our legal team on your side, and experienced attorneys in Los Angeles at the ready, when you call the Normandie Law Firm at 800.790.5422 right now.
Can I Sue for a Fentanyl Overdose Wrongful Death in a Private School or High School?
Yes, we can sue if your loved one had died from a fatal fentanyl overdose as a private school or high school student. You need to call us today, to talk to our Los Angeles case lawyers, who can file a lawsuit on your behalf right now. We will treat your case as our first priority, and our case attorneys in Los Angeles can sue the at-fault parties regarding your wrongful death claim.
Average Case Value of a Fentanyl Overdose Wrongful Death in a Private School or High School
The average case value of a fentanyl overdose wrongful death from someone who took fentanyl in a private school or high school can range from $300,000 to over $3 million. Once we review the claim with you, we will be in a better position to tell you the final settlement estimate of your recovery compensation package related to this claim.
How Long Does It Take to Settle and to Get Paid on These Cases?
It can take 4-7 months to settle your claim for a wrongful death of a loved one who had a drug overdose in a private school or high school. We will help you investigate the information necessary to make a claim against the at-fault parties, and we are ready to start the process, as soon as you give us a call today to get the ball rolling on this important claim.
Statute Of Limitations – How Long Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?
The statute of limitations in California for personal injury lawsuit filing is two years. The statute of limitations in California for harassment and discrimination lawsuit filing is one year, with a two year timeframe to file for wrongful termination.
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References
1Lu, H., Crawford, F. W., Gonsalves, G. S., & Grau, L. E. (2023). Geographic and temporal trends in fentanyl-detected deaths in Connecticut, 2009-2019. Annals of Epidemiology, 79, 32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2023.01.009
