Medication Error Death

Recent Medication Error Death Settlement
Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. has recently settled a prescription error wrongful death case where we alleged that a pharmacy compounded a drug to be 10 times the prescribed dose. Contact us regarding medication error death lawsuits.

Medication Error Wrongful Death: Wrong Medication or Dose

When a medication error results in death, the family can sue the hospital under the state's wrongful death statute. Possible medication error death claims may be based on the following:

Wrong Medication/ Prescription. Some medications have similar names or similar packaging, which can lead to a nurse, pharmacist or other medical professional carelessly giving a patient the wrong medication. Sometimes the wrong medication is given because the nurse was in a hurry and didn’t double check, the medication was shelved wrong, the doctor prescribed the wrong medication, or the patient was given another patient’s medication.
Wrong Dose of Medication/ Prescription. When patients are given the wrong dose of a medication, it is usually because of one of the following: 1) the doctor prescribed the wrong dose, 2) the nurse administered the wrong dose of medication, 3) the pharmacist filled the prescription wrong or 4) the manufacturer of compounding pharmacy made the medication wrong. Many of the wrong dose death cases involve young children who were negligently given an adult dosage of a medication.

If your loved one died as a result of a medication error, a lawyer at Pritzker | Olsen, P.A. is available for a free consultation. Please call toll-free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit your case for review with the firm's online consultation form. If your loved one died while at a Minnesota hospital, and you suspect the death is the result of a medication error (wrong medication or wrong dose) or another hospital error, please contact us.

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