Practice Areas
- Medical Malpractice
- Prescription Error Attorney
- Medication Error
- Medication Error Examples
- Medication Error Death
- How to Avoid Medication Error
- Questions to ask the Pharmacist
- Common Mediction Errors
- Compounding Pharmacy Error
- Pharmacist Malpractice
- Pharmacy Error Questionnaire
- Pharmacy Malpractice - Wrong Prescription
- CVS Pharmacy Lawsuit
- Walgreens Lawsuit
- OsmoPrep - Malpractice Lawsuit
- Propoxyphene Overdose Lawsuit
- Visicol - Malpractice Lawsuit
- Medication Lawsuit - Defective Medications
- Birth Injuries
- Clinical Trial Injuries
- Emergency Room Malpractice
- Failure to Diagnose Heart Attack
- Failure to Diagnose Septic Arthritis
- Failure to Diagnose Stroke
- Hospital Malpractice
- Medical Malpractice
- Nursing Home Malpractice
- Nursing Malpractice
- Pharmacist Malpractice
- Surgeon Malpractice
Personal Injury and Wrongful Death
Prescription Overdose Wrongful Death Lawsuit
Generally, a prescription medication overdose is determined during an autopsy. When a finding of prescription overdose is made, the autopsy report does not whether the wrong dose was prescribed or given to the patient by a pharmacy. When our law firm is retained by a family in an overdose case, we obtain all pertenant medical records, interview medical personel and take other measures to determine the cause of the overdose.
If medical negligence caused the overdose death, the family can sue for compensation in a wrongful death action. Generally, wrongful death compensation includes the following:
- Funeral expenses
- Medical expenses related to the overdose
- Lost income (including an estimate of the future income of the person who died of the propoxyphene overdose)
- Loss of care and companionship
- Pain and suffering (not available in some states)
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Medical Malpractice Topics
Pharmacy Error Settlement
Our law firm recently negotiated a settlement for the family of a woman who was given ten times the prescribed dose of cochicine.
$950,000 Recovery for Failure to Diagnose Septic Arthritis
Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen recently secured a $950,000 recovery on behalf of a young man who developed septic arthritis eight days following knee surgery.
Heart Lead Extraction Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
PritzkerOlsen attorneys are representing patients and their families nationwide in product liability and medical malpractice cases involving defective Medtronic Sprint Fideles defibrillator leads. Several patients have died during surgery to remove the defective Medtronic lead.
Dental Malpractice: Oral Surgery and Burn Injuries
The FDA has recently stated that poorly-maintained dental equipment has resulted in severe burns. These cases could involve both dental malpractice and product liability claims.
Hospital Malpractice Lawsuits
Hospital malpractice includes any type of medical negligence that occurs in a hospital setting, including errors by doctors, nurses, technicians and other hospital staff.
Neurosurgery Errors
Surgical errors are common and can lead to serious injury or death. In an article in the medical journal Neurosurgery that reported on a study of 1108 elective neurosurgical procedures, a neurosurgeon recorded 2684 errors in 87.1% of the cases. 22.6% of the errors were considered major. 78.5% of the errors were deemed preventable.
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