Fort Worth Drug Injury Attorney

Michael Grossman, Fort Worth Drug Injury Attorney, Discusses Pharmacy Injury

In spite of enormous amounts of research and preliminary testing by the government and pharmaceutical drug companies, many drugs end up causing injuries. Here’s just a few drugs which have resulted in severe unlisted side effects in those prescribed to take them: Celebrex, Accutane, Vioxx, Hydroxycut, Paxil and Oxycontin.

Yet regardless of the many proven harmful pharmaceuticals, a very stringent and high standard of proof applies to these injury cases resulting from pharmaceutical drug use, which results in them being extremely complicated and daunting to win. For the best chances of receiving the compensation you deserve for your injury, you need the skill and expertise of an accomplished attorney with the knowledge in handling defective drug injury cases. The Fort Worth lawyers at Grossman Law Offices have over twenty years of experience in this highly complex field, and we can help you navigate through this treacherous legal terrain to seek the justice and compensation you deserve.

Why Are Defective Drug Injury Lawsuits so Difficult to Resolve Legally?

These defective drug injury cases tend to be quite complex and challenging, mostly because of the complex medical nature of the injuries that arise from defective drugs. The degree of difficulty is multiplied by the inherent legal complexities, which results in most lawyers completely steering away from these cases. And the additional strain of trying to understand, interpret and successfully communicate the large amount of medical content inherent in these type cases, can be daunting, to even the best of attorneys. The type of strategy employed in these cases depends upon the kind of case.

Those of us who are prescribed drugs by our physicians, just naturally assume that, because of their specialized training and knowledge, the drug manufacturers, doctors and pharmacists would not prescribe or give us any drug that would cause us harm. We expect the drug manufacturer to design and produce the drug safely; we expect health care professionals to know what a specific drug is intended for, its potential side effects, and whether the drug could cause us harm because of a pre-existing medical condition or use of other drugs in conjunction with it. When a defective drug injury occurs, most people are unaware of how an incorrectly produced or prescribed drug, or an incorrect dosage given, can multiply an injury or condition and prolong an illness.

To unravel all the details and find the source or cause of the drug injury requires an attorney with specialized knowledge and experience and access to expert medical testimonies that can make the connection linking the defective drug, wrong prescription, or improper dosage, with the victim’s injury. The Fort Worth defective drug attorneys at Grossman Law Offices have been helping victims of medical malpractice and drug injury for over twenty years. We have the knowledge and resources to handle your complex claim from start to finish.

Types of Drug Injury Cases

The majority of defective drug cases fall under two specific groups or categories:

• Injury arising from the actual composition of the drug (example: Effexor) which leads to a drug product liability lawsuit
• Injuries resulting from pharmaceutical error or incorrect administration of the drug, which leads to pharmaceutical error lawsuits

Defective Drug Products Liability Cases

Most pharmaceutical companies are in such a hurry to release their new product on the market, they do not perform due diligence in conducting adequate tests, or allowing sufficient time for the long-term side effects to surface. After the drugs have been released into the market, negative side effects may start to arise and surface, often with deadly consequences. Typically, the victim, or injured party in this case, will normally seek restitution or compensation from the manufacturer of the specific drug alleged to cause the harm. A drug products liability case can arise when a drug’s design or components result in the drug becoming risky or dangerous. Injured plaintiffs then file a drug products liability lawsuit to seek compensation for the damage done by the medication.

The factor that makes drug product liability cases so difficult to win are the intimidating drug companies and their bevy of aggressive defense specialists they employ full time to oppose these challenges or allegations about their products. They have legions of lawyers, well versed in arguing every technical aspect of any accusations hurled at them. With millions of dollars at stake, these big corporations been found guilty of changing or altering the test results to hide the drug dangers and shield themselves from potential litigation and liability. The only way to counter these tactics is by enlisting capable, expert legal counsel to combat these rabid defense lawyers hired by these big pharmaceutical drug companies.

Another twist, unknown to most of us, is the practice of some law firms to exercise very deceptive tactics in overtly promising to help victims injured because of defective drugs. These law firms boldly advertise they will take on drug injury cases, but in reality, they simply operate as a middleman between large law firms and the big pharmaceutical drug companies. These smaller firms obtain a signed contract from the client, then turn the case over to a major law firm that has the resources to confront the drug manufacturing giants. Grossman Law Office has never embraced this deceptive practice or approach—we represent each of our clients personally and assist them in the legal process with their claim from beginning to end.

Pharmaceutical Error Defective Drug Injury Lawsuits

When a prescription is not administered properly and harm or injuries occur, whether from the physician prescribing the incorrect drug or dosage or the pharmacist filling the prescription for the incorrect drug or dosage, these situations are totally different in a legal sense, from drug product liability cases. When a medical professional, such as a physician or a pharmacist causes harm or injury to a patient or client by their actions, the case qualifies as a pharmaceutical error medical malpractice lawsuit.

However, because of recent tort reform, taking legal action against a health care professional in Texas is very challenging. These tort reforms were initiated in order to prevent needless lawsuits being filed against doctors and other medical professionals, which end up merely clogging and delaying the judicial process in our court systems. Yet for injured victims with legitimate medical malpractice claims, this made the process much more difficult. For example, a cap was put on the maximum compensation an injured victim could receive, and this cap is often very insufficient to cover a victim’s injuries and damages. Because of this limit to compensation, many medical malpractice lawyers in Texas don’t want to represent clients in these cases.

Contact Grossman Law Offices

Another hurtle that prevents many attorneys from taking these cases is the high standard of proof attached to medical malpractice cases. The limits or caps on insurance policies are restrictive financially, and the big pharmaceutical drug company defense lawyers are so intimidating, many law firms simply steer away from these cases. Yet Grossman Law Offices welcomes the challenges posed by these cases. The odds may not be in your favor, but we believe you deserve the opportunity to pursue the compensation you are entitled to. We’ve been litigating these cases for twenty years, and have seen injured clients awarded millions of dollars. If you have suffered harm or injury from a defective drug injury in Fort Worth, call today 1-855-357-2207 (toll-free) for a free consultation and to discover the legal options available to you. Our defective prescription drug attorneys will identify and hold accountable all negligent parties who caused your injury or harm and seek compensation from them for your damages.