Louisiana Pharmacy Error Lawyer
You shouldn’t accept illness or injury from a flawed prescription you received as bad luck that you just have to suffer through.
For the damage to your health and disruption to your life, you may be eligible to receive compensation.
In Louisiana, pharmacy error cases are a type of medical malpractice, which means:
- You can argue you were harmed because of a pharmacy’s negligence.
- You can show that the pharmacist failed to follow the proper “standard of care” to ensure your safety.
- You can seek payment for expenses that this ordeal imposed on you.
- You can seek payment for the suffering, anguish and alterations to your life that this error caused.
But Louisiana pharmacy error law is complicated. Your claim must stand up to a high level of scrutiny in this state, possibly including a special review before you can sue.
Louisiana has time limits to file claims and caps on compensation that work differently from other states.
To navigate this legal system successfully, you want a highly skilled Louisiana pharmacy error lawyer.
The Bowling Law Firm has been helping Louisianans for 40 years.
You can work with us from New Orleans to Baton Rouge and all around the state.
Our goal is to get you the compensation you need to restore normalcy as much as possible in your life.
You don’t pay an attorney fee until you recover damages.
What to Do When a Pharmacy Error Hurts You in Louisiana
If you’re suddenly sick, or something feels seriously wrong after you take a prescription medication, take these steps:
- Get medical attention right away. Make sure your health is stabilized.
- Go to the emergency room if needed.
- Keep and set aside the pill bottle or container for the bad medication.
- Keep labels, bags or packaging that came with the medication.
- Hold on to receipts for the medication.
- Save copies of any communication you’ve had with the pharmacy (texts, emails, etc.)
- Talk to a Louisiana pharmacy error lawyer.
Talk to a lawyer before you give statements to anyone else.
Pharmacy chains, insurance companies, their lawyers, and others in the health care system may be primarily focused on defending themselves when they realize they’ve failed to protect your safety. They’re not looking to make things right for you.
It’s time for you to make sure your rights are protected.
Don’t wait, because the medical malpractice statute of limitations gives you a year from the time you realize you were negligently harmed to file a lawsuit, up to no more than three years from when the incident happened.
The Bowling Law Firm’s pharmacy error lawyers have extensive experience with large and small pharmacies operating in Louisiana, including at Albertson’s, Costco, CVS, Rite Aid, Sam’s Club, Walgreens and Walmart.
There’s no charge for an initial consultation to see how we can help you.
How a Louisiana Pharmacy Error Attorney Supports Your Claim
In years of representing clients at The Bowling Law Firm, we’ve seen the many ways pharmacies can make mistakes.
These problems are too common, with understaffing and high-pressure working conditions troubling the industry. Some estimates say millions of harmful prescription errors happen each year in the United States.
Our Louisiana pharmacy error attorneys know what questions to ask, what evidence to look for and what documents to file for a strong claim for compensation.
We know the signs of an egregious prescription error:
- Wrong drugs
- Wrong dosages
- Wrong form of a drug (pill vs. liquid, etc.)
- Wrong labels
- Expired drugs
- Handing you someone else’s prescription
- Handing you a medication with a name easily confused with another one
- Giving you drugs that dangerously interact with others you take
- Giving you drugs that cause dangerous allergic reactions
When we document failures like these, our skilled prescription error attorneys can get you closer to legal and financial recognition for the suffering the pharmacy put you through.
The Bowling Law Firm is recognized by our peers for the work we do to help people injured by the negligence of others:
Our founder David Bowling and the firm were endorsed by “Best Lawyers in America.” “Super Lawyers” recognized David Bowling and pharmacy error attorney Katie Sepcich Drummond. The American Board of Trial Advocates recognized David Bowling for trial experience. David was a fellow with the American College of Trial Lawyers. The Bowling Law Firm received top ratings from Martindale-Hubbell.
When you’re up against large pharmacy companies, we put strength on your side.
Talk to our Louisiana pharmacy error attorneys to pursue fair compensation to rebuild your life.
