Lafayette Dangerous Drug Attorney

Dangerous Drug Claims

A physician prescribes a medication for relief of symptoms or to control a condition so the patient expects to get that exact result. To suffer injury instead can be a traumatic experience. If the patient survived this he or she may have required intensive medical care. Or worse, the patient may have suffered a permanent injury. On top of this there may be large medical bills which must be paid. If this has happened to you or a loved one, it is vital that you talk to a Lafayette personal injury attorney who has great familiarity with the bad effects caused by prescription and over-the-counter drugs.

Dangerous Drug Lawyer in Lafayette

A look at our recent history shows that pharmaceutical companies are prone to putting drugs on the market without fully informing the medical doctors or the patients of the dangers in order to reap large profits. Although the FDA has guidelines concerning the tests which these companies must conduct before a drug can be made available to the public, too many of these pharmaceutical products, including psychiatric drugs have proven to have dangerous to fatal effects on the consumer. This is especially tragic when the unsuspecting patient is a child. The cost to the patients and their families in medical expense, pain and suffering, and loss of a future is enormous. A dangerous drug lawyer with our firm has the experience and the skill to present such a case to a jury in understandable terms should litigation be necessary to settle a claim. The public has the right to be protected against defective products, including medications.

Many dangerous drug cases are settled out of court but sometimes it is necessary to resort to litigation in order to obtain full compensation. Some cases are class action or mass tort litigation, and the firm can help. The defendant's attorneys use various tactics to confuse the issues and the jury. Winning your case depends upon bringing the jury to a full understanding of what happened, how it happened and why. Call Mr. Doran to speak with a personal injury lawyer who can be an aggressive litigator when necessary.

Contact a Lafayette dangerous drug attorney at the firm for answers to your questions and sound advice as to your options.