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Medical malpractice can take many forms, not all of which occur in a hospital setting. Indeed, medication and pharmaceutical errors occur with alarming frequency, leading to thousands of injuries and deaths each year. The medical malpractice lawyers at the Atlanta, Georgia, law firm of Warshauer Poe & Thornton, P.C. have helped many victims of negligent healthcare treatment recover compensation for such injuries. In doing so, they have also delivered a powerful message to physicians and pharmacists who fail to exercise proper care in the commission of their duties. There is a bond of trust between patients and healthcare providers, and when that bond is broken, negligence must be answered for.
If you or a member of your family has been seriously injured, or if you have lost someone you love due to a medication error, please contact our medical malpractice lawyers in Atlanta, Georgia, today. Our personal injury attorneys will treat you with compassion and courtesy while taking aggressive legal action against those responsible for the injuries they have caused.
It is important to note that not all injuries caused by the use of medication can be attributed to error or malpractice. Some drugs carry known risks; if the potential benefit of a drug is reasonably judged by a healthcare professional to outweigh these risks and a patient is fully aware of these risks before agreeing to take the drug, that healthcare professional may not be liable for any injuries that result. However, if some preventable harm or misuse of a medication occurs and the fault lies somewhere in the chain of medical professionals responsible for prescribing or providing the medication, the victim may be entitled to damages under the law.
Medication errors can occur for any number of reasons. Often, they result from misunderstandings that are not properly clarified. Illegible handwriting by the prescribing physician or inaccurate transcription of telephone orders can create medication errors. Sometimes, errors are created when a physician fails to collect complete information about a patient’s allergies and medical background.
In order to obtain compensation for losses resulting from medication errors, a lawyer must be able to establish liability on the part of one or more healthcare professionals. The medical malpractice lawyers at our Atlanta, Georgia, law firm know precisely how to collect and piece together vital evidence to make the link between medication injuries or deaths and specific acts of negligence. Using this evidence of liability as a foundation, our lawyers are able to develop the strongest case possible and pursue compensation for pain and suffering, lost wages, medical expenses, and other losses. In cases involving gross negligence or conscious indifference, our lawyers may even be able to obtain punitive damages from the responsible party.
Healthcare professionals are obligated to provide ordinary care under similar circumstances. When they fail to fulfill this obligation by making careless medication errors, they are responsible for the injuries or deaths that result. If you or someone you love has been the victim of negligent healthcare treatment, please contact the medical malpractice lawyers at the Atlanta, Georgia, law firm of Warshauer Poe & Thornton today.