Pharmaceutical Litigation
PHARMACY MALPRACTICE
Medication errors account for more than 1.3 million injuries and nearly 100,000 deaths each year. Moreover, as the pharmaceutical industry continues to grow, these numbers will likely increase. Americans have become more reliant on prescription medication, and the people charged with preparing and dispensing these medicines have a responsibility to ensure that people are receiving correct doses of the correct medications. Many medicines have similar names with vastly different effects. As pharmacists are more educated in the potential dangers involved, they must be accountable when their mistakes cause injuries.
Our pharmacy malpractice attorneys have successfully litigated cases against most of the major pharmaceutical chains for many of the errors pharmacies make in filling prescriptions, such as:
- Dispensing incorrect medication
- Incorrect dosages
- Illegible prescriptions
- Overworked pharmacists
- Under-qualified personnel
- Mislabeled bottles
Lawyers Who Win
[An MSU article featuring Craig Manchik]
Craig Manchik, ’94, managing partner in the Chicago-based firm of Manchik & Romaker, has been arguing his position since he was a child. Manchik recently won a jury verdict of more than $1.1 million on a difficult liability case against an Illinois municipality and its police officers. He agrees that you win cases by doing a thorough and complete investigation that includes lining up appropriate experts early so they can advise you in discovery.
Manchik’s firm concentrates on medical malpractice, nursing home negligence, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. To him, successful litigation hinges on the ability to be a good listener. Manchik believes “you must be in a position to feel your client’s pain. You must bring forth the passion necessary to convince a jury of the wrongs that have been done to the client. If you can do that, you have a good start.”