Monday, July 13, 2009

Pharmacy Malpractice & Medication Error Personal Injury Cases on the Rise

The Law Office of Donald W. Singleton (a personal injury attorney in Cumming GA) is focusing on negligence by pharmacies when filling patient prescriptions that can result in serious injuries, from long term or permanent disability to wrongful death. These types of errors are growing and are far more common than most patients realize. Prescription errors can come from large national drug store chains, the local drug store or the pharmacy in a hospital. No matter who is at fault, the responsible party needs to be held accountable for pharmacy malpractice. The Law Office of Donald W. Singleton is uniquely positioned to represent clients who have been injured by a medication error or pharmacy malpractice.
Cumming, GA (PRWEB) June 25, 2009 -- The Law Office of Donald W. Singleton (a personal injury attorney in Cumming GA) is focused on pharmacy malpractice from the misfilling of prescriptions that can result in serious injuries to patients. When a pharmacist makes a prescription error the consequences can be catastrophic to the patient. Patients may suffer serious injury, long term or permanent disability or even wrongful death from a prescription error or pharmacy error. These types of errors are growing and are far more common than most patients realize. Prescription errors can come from large national drug store chains, the local drug store or the pharmacy in a hospital. No matter who is at fault, the responsible party needs to be held accountable for pharmacy malpractice.
The Law Office of Cumming, GA attorney Donald W. Singleton provides expert pharmacy negligence representation for clients who have suffered injuries resulting from a pharmacy prescription error or pharmacy malpractice. They understand the interaction of drugs and the consequences of mixing medications or taking the incorrect dosage of a medicine. Often these errors are caused by drugs having similar names and spellings. In addition, hospital patients can be given incorrect dosages of a prescription drug due to errors by hospital pharmacies. The firm has expert knowledge of pharmacology and when needed, hires additional pharmacology and medical experts to review cases involving prescription errors. Their goal is to obtain fair and just compensation for the victims in pharmacy malpractice claims involving a prescription error. Because of their extensive pharmaceutical background, they are uniquely positioned to represent clients who have been injured by a medication error or pharmacy malpractice.
Personal injury lawyer Donald Singleton said, "The injuries resulting from a medication error or misfilled prescription can have severe consequences to a patient and their family. These types of errors can manifest themselves in injuries from elevated blood pressure to extremely severe impairments such as heart attacks, strokes and wrongful death. The firm's attorneys understand how to deal with insurance companies and the legal complexities in pharmacy malpractice claims. Everyone who is injured by a pharmacy's medicine errors deserves compensation for their injury. Our firm is committed to getting our clients the best possible settlement from a prescription error or pharmacy malpractice."
Donald Singleton, a native of Atlanta, Georgia, received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Georgia in 1987 and earned a law degree from Walter F. George School of Law, Mercer University and was admitted to the State Bar of Georgia in 1990. Founded in 2000, the Law Office of Donald W. Singleton is a member of the Atlanta Bar Association, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association, the National Employment Lawyers Association, the Georgia Chapter of the National Employment Lawyers Association (Treasurer 2000-2002), the Brain Injury Association of Georgia and the Atlanta Lawyers Club. The firm is authorized to practice in all state trial courts as well as the bars in the United States District Court for the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The firm has attained Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards and is ranked as Very High to Preeminent within the legal community.

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