When you seek medical attention, you trust that the medication that you are prescribed will better your health. After appointments with medical professionals, many people choose to fill their prescriptions in large pharmacies, such as Costco, Kaiser, Kroger, Rite Aid, Target, Walmart, Walgreens, and CVS. When they pick up their prescription medications, most people trust that there are no mistakes, and they begin taking their medications. Unfortunately, many people do not experience improvements to their health after taking prescription medications. Instead, many people begin to feel worse—they experience a variety of concerning symptoms unrelated to their diagnosis. After some time, they discover that there was an error in their medication that caused their symptoms.
In Bakersfield and other cities in Kern County, medication errors result in harm to many unsuspecting patients. If you believe that your pharmacy made a mistake with your prescription medication, you must contact our experienced pharmacist malpractice law firm. The wrongful medication lawyers at Normandie Law Firm can help you fight for your rights and recover compensation for your injuries. Our lawyers have handled medication error lawsuits for many years and have helped victims in the Bakersfield and Kern County communities. If you would like to speak with our experienced wrongful medication lawyers, you should contact our medication error law firm immediately and request to speak with our attorneys.
Medication Errors
What are medication errors? Medication errors occur when medical professionals make a mistake related to medication—resulting in harming a patient. Medication errors can occur when doctors administer medication during surgical procedures and when they prescribe medication. In Bakersfield and other cities in Kern County, a number of medication errors occur in pharmacies. Major pharmacies like CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Rite Aid, Kroger, Kaiser, and Costco have seen cases of pharmacy error and pharmacist malpractice. These pharmacies often mislabel medications, fail to inform patients of possible side effects and give prescriptions to the wrong patients, for example.
Errors in medication can cause a variety of injuries, including but not limited to the following: allergic reactions, nausea, headaches, fatigue, diarrhea, fainting-spells, and dizziness, for example. In most instances, these injuries are temporary and disappear after the medication error has been addressed and corrected. However, in severe cases, medication errors can result in permanent organ damage, organ failure, and even death.
What causes these errors in medications? In most of the pharmacies mentioned above, the main cause of medication errors is due to negligence. Whether the staff is overworked, undertrained, or unsupervised, medication errors can be traced back to negligence. Pharmacy staff also negligently fails to communicate with the doctors, fail to correctly interpret handwritten notes, and fail to identify errors before releasing medication to unsuspecting patients. If you believe you were affected by the negligence of your pharmacy of choice, you might have grounds to file a wrongful medication lawsuit. Pharmacists have a duty to fulfill prescriptions correctly; they must practice diligence and skill to ensure that they do not harm patients. When pharmacists breach their duty of care and, subsequently, harm patients, they can be found negligent and face legal action. If you believe that you were injured because of your pharmacy’s negligence, you must contact our experienced prescription drug error law firm as soon as possible. Our Bakersfield attorneys will represent you and help you recover the compensation you deserve.
Compensation Available for Pharmacy Error Claims
Are you eligible to receive compensation for your pharmacy error claim? The short answer is yes; you can recover compensation if you file a lawsuit for pharmacist malpractice. Whether you were affected after filling your prescription at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Rite Aid, Kroger, Kaiser, or Costco, our experienced wrongful medication attorneys can help you. Our lawyers are dedicated to helping you recover the maximum amount of compensation available for your claim. Many victims of medication errors are eligible to collect a combination of the following forms of compensation:
- Medical expenses
- Lost income
- Pain and suffering
- Punitive damages
- Loss of consortium
- Funeral and burial expenses
For more information on the type of compensation that you might be eligible to receive, you must contact our pharmacist malpractice law firm as soon as possible. Our lawyers will explain what forms of compensation you might be eligible to receive. Our lawyers will also evaluate the estimated value of your medication error claim based on the details and evidence that you provide. You should contact our experienced wrongful medication law firm today.
Statute of Limitations for Your Medication Error Claim
All claims are subject to statutes of limitations. A statue of limitations is a timeline placed on a claim to ensure that the claim is filed promptly. The purpose of a statute of limitations is to prevent plaintiffs from unfairly filing claims against defendants after too much time has passed. A statute of limitations is a deadline to sue—and if you do not file your claim within the allowed time, you might lose your right to sue. What is the statute of limitations for a pharmacy error claim? If you were the victim of a prescription drug error, you would have one year to file the wrongful medication lawsuit. Unfortunately, many people do not learn of medical errors until after a year. Based on California’s discovery rule, victims have three years from the date that they discovered the injury—or the medical error—to file a claim. Therefore, you might have one year or three years to file your medication error lawsuit. For more information about the statute of limitations that applies to your lawsuit, you must contact our law firm. Our lawyers will evaluate your medication error claim and will establish the statute of limitations that establishes the time you have to sue. Our lawyers will also evaluate any exceptions that might apply to your claim and lengthen the total time you have to file a prescription drug error lawsuit.
Steps to Take Before You Sue
Before you file a lawsuit, you must take a few steps. The first and most important thing you should do after you identify an error in your prescription drug medication includes seeking medical attention. You must seek medical attention even if you are not experiencing symptoms relating to the medication error. A medical evaluation will reveal any adverse effects of the medication error. After you seek medical attention, you should report the medication error to the Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP). The ISMP is a non-profit organization that collects information about medication errors. The ISMP analyzes collected information regarding medication errors and sends it to manufacturers and pharmacies in efforts to prevent further medication errors. The ISMP has an online reporting tool to facilitate reporting for victims of prescription medication errors. You should also photograph your prescription, the labels of your medication, and your injuries if they are visible. You should also keep a record of all medical bills associated with your injuries. All of this will serve as evidence for your claim. You should contact a medication error law firm with experience in mislabeling errors and all other types of prescription drug errors. Our lawyers have the experience necessary to handle your medication error lawsuit and help you recover the compensation to which you are entitled.
Normandie Law Firm
Did you suffer a medication error in Bakersfield or anywhere in Kern County? Did you fill your prescription at CVS, Walgreens, Walmart, Target, Rite Aid, Kroger, Kaiser, or Costco? If you filled your prescription at a pharmacy owned and operated by any of the companies mentioned above, you might have grounds to sue and recover compensation for the injuries caused by a prescription drug error. Were you given the wrong medication, an incorrect dosage, or incorrect instructions to take your medication? If so, the pharmacy might be found liable for the negligent actions of their staff members. If you were injured because of the negligence of a pharmacy, you must immediately contact our wrongful medication law firm and speak with our experienced medication error lawyers. Our lawyers have handled pharmacy error lawsuits for many years and have experience in all types of medication errors, including mislabeling errors. If you were affected by a pharmacy error anywhere in Kern County, you must speak with our experienced Bakersfield layers immediately.
Our pharmacy error law firm is based on the belief that all victims of prescription drug errors should have access to legal assistance. Many people who suffer injuries as a result of pharmacist malpractice and negligence do not seek legal assistance because they are uncertain about their rights. Our medication error law firm has dedicated many years to making legal services available to the community in Bakersfield and throughout Kern County. One of our firm’s main goals over the years has been to inform the community of their rights after prescription drug errors. How have we achieved this goal? We have provided free consultations and free second opinions to all victims of pharmacist malpractice. During our free consultations, our medication error lawyers will answer all your questions and address all your concerns. Our lawyers will give you all the information you need to begin your wrongful medication lawsuit as soon as possible. Our attorneys will evaluate every detail of your claim and identify all the key details that might affect the outcome of your lawsuit. If you already have an attorney at another law firm, you might be interested in benefiting from a free second opinion. You should consider the following questions. Has your current attorney left you with more questions than answers? Do you have doubts or confusion about your legal situation? Are you worried about the incompetence of your current attorney leading to an unsuccessful mislabeling error lawsuit? If so, our experienced prescription drug error lawyers can provide you with a free second opinion. During our free second opinions, our attorneys will evaluate your claim and give you all the information your previous attorney might have missed. Our pharmacy error lawyers will give you the necessary information to get your prescription drug error claim back on the right track. When you speak with our lawyers during free consultations or free second opinions, you can be certain that they will never rush through your claim, and they will always treat you with dignity and respect. If you want to speak with the best lawyers in Kern County, you must contact the medication error lawyers and Normandie Law Firm immediately.
Our free legal services are available through a Zero-Fee guarantee. Our Zero-Fee guarantee ensures that our clients never have to worry about paying any upfront fees for any of our legal services. If you need to learn more about your rights to file a lawsuit after a medical error, you can speak with our lawyers free of charge. Our guarantee also ensures that our clients do not have to pay legal fees until after our experienced pharmacist malpractice lawyers win their claims. What does this mean for you? You will not be required to pay any legal fees until our wrongful medication attorneys win your claim. Our contingency structure ensures that if your medication error lawsuit is unsuccessful, you will not be required to pay any legal fees. If you do not win, you do not pay us anything—do not hesitate to contact our Bakersfield law firm as soon as possible.
