Just about everyone in the United States has depended on a prescription or over-the-counter drug to maintain their health and wellbeing, whether to turn a long-term condition or to simply to get over a brief illness. While most of these pharmaceutical products are safe to use as intended, some unfortunately have dangerous side effects that their manufacturers were either negligently unaware of or fraudulently tried to conceal from the public.
If you were harmed by an undisclosed side effect of a medication you took, you may be able to join other victims and take legal action against the parties responsible with help from an experienced injury attorney. A conversation with an Atlanta dangerous drugs lawyer could clarify what options may be available to you and what kinds of damages you could pursue financial restitution for.
No matter what condition they are meant to treat, medications should not pose unnecessary risks to consumers who take them as directed by a physician or by the instructions provided on a drug’s packaging. In the interest of ensuring consumer safety, drug manufacturers are usually required to seek FDA approval and ensure their products are thoroughly tested to identify any potential side effects and/or contraindications.
Unfortunately, the FDA approval process is far from airtight. For example, the 510(k) process allows drug companies to pursue expedited approval for a new product that is “substantially equivalent” to a product already on the market. To make matters worse, there have been numerous examples of drug companies selectively testing their drugs or even overtly suppressing information about certain side effects—in other words, prioritizing profits over the safety of the public.
Fortunately, there is also precedent for negligent pharmaceutical companies being held financially responsible for these types of underhanded actions through mass tort litigation. An Atlanta attorney could help anyone who has suffered harm from a dangerous drug take the best course of legal action for their unique circumstances.
Since it is usually prohibitively difficult for you to successfully file suit against a huge pharmaceutical company, most dangerous drug cases in the local area take the form of mass tort or class-action claims. While these claims differ slightly in terms of how individual plaintiffs are regarded, each allows multiple parties harmed by the same negligent defendant to combine resources and work together to pursue recovery.
Some of the damages a defective drug attorney could pursue restitution for on your behalf include but are not limited to:
Through a successful lawsuit, you could potentially recover compensation for both economic and non-economic losses.
The prospect of filing suit against a massive drug manufacturing company is understandably daunting, but it is far from impossible to achieve a positive case result even against such a powerful defendant. By working together with other people impacted by the same company’s negligence, you may be able to collectively recover the compensation you need to make up for the damages you suffered.
Speaking with an Atlanta dangerous drugs lawyer should be your priority if you want to take legal action against a reckless or careless drug manufacturer. Call today to schedule a consultation and start discussing your legal options.
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