Medication Error Lawyers Serving Massachusetts and Connecticut
When a Prescription Mistake Causes Harm, Raipher Fights for the Win
Every patient trusts that the medication they’re prescribed will make them better, not worse. But when doctors, pharmacists, or hospitals make careless errors, the consequences can be devastating. The wrong drug, dosage, or interaction can cause permanent injury, organ damage, or death, all from a mistake that should never have happened.
Medication errors are one of the most common forms of medical malpractice in Massachusetts and Connecticut. They can occur at any point in the prescribing or dispensing process, from diagnosis to pharmacy labeling. When negligence causes harm, patients have the right to pursue accountability and full compensation for what they’ve endured.
Victims of medication errors and their families deserve advocates who understand both the medical and legal sides of these complex cases. With more than $100 million recovered for clients across Massachusetts and Connecticut, Raipher, P.C. brings national reach, precision, persistence, and proven results to every medical malpractice claim.
If you or a loved one was injured because of a medication mistake, contact Raipher for a free consultation. Our team will review your records, identify where the error occurred, and explain your options for justice.
How medication errors happen
Medication errors are preventable. They often result from careless communication, misinterpretation of records, or rushed hospital procedures. Understanding how these mistakes occur helps build the evidence needed to prove negligence and hold healthcare providers accountable.
Common causes of medication errors include:
- Prescription Mistakes: Doctors prescribing the wrong medication or incorrect dosage for a patient’s condition.
- Pharmacy Errors: Pharmacists filling the wrong prescription, labeling medication incorrectly, or misreading the doctor’s handwriting.
- Drug Interactions: Prescribing medications that dangerously interact with each other or with preexisting conditions.
- Allergic Reactions: Failing to review a patient’s allergy history before prescribing a drug.
- Hospital Administration Errors: Nurses or staff giving medication to the wrong patient or using the wrong delivery method.
Each of these mistakes represents a breakdown in the standard of care that patients deserve. When that standard is violated, a medication error lawyer can investigate medical records, consult pharmacology experts, and establish exactly how the error occurred and who is responsible.
Injuries and long-term impact of medication errors
The harm caused by medication errors can range from temporary illness to life-threatening complications. In many cases, the damage is irreversible, leaving victims with chronic health problems or permanent disabilities.
Common injuries include:
- Organ Failure: Damage to the liver, kidneys, or heart caused by toxic overdoses or incorrect prescriptions.
- Respiratory Distress: Breathing complications or failure caused by drug interactions or anesthesia-related mistakes.
- Neurological Damage: Seizures, brain injury, or coma resulting from overdoses or incompatible drugs.
- Allergic Shock: Severe allergic reactions that can cause cardiac arrest or death.
- Worsening of the Original Condition: Delayed recovery or progression of disease due to ineffective or harmful medication.
- Fatal Dosage: When medication errors occur, the worst can happen.
These injuries carry both physical and emotional consequences. Victims may face long hospital stays, ongoing medical monitoring, or permanent loss of health and independence. Raipher’s team ensures that settlements and verdicts fully account for both the medical and human cost of these preventable errors.
Who can be held liable for a medication error?
Medication error claims often involve multiple parties. Doctors, nurses, hospitals, and pharmacies all play a role in prescribing, dispensing, and administering medications. When one or more fail in their duties, the results can be catastrophic.
Potentially liable parties include doctors and specialists, hospitals, clinics, pharmacies, nurses and medical staff.
Raipher’s attorneys investigate every step of the process to determine where the failure occurred. We build cases that expose system-wide negligence, not just individual mistakes, to ensure full accountability and maximum recovery.
Built for results. Raipher for the win.
Medication error claims require experience, strategy, and strength in the courtroom. Raipher brings all three. Our attorneys have decades of experience confronting hospitals, doctors, and insurers that refuse to take responsibility for medical mistakes.
We handle medication error cases on a contingency fee basis, meaning you pay no attorney’s fee unless we win. Free consultations are available for clients throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut.
This is your shot at justice. Make it count. Contact Raipher today and put proven experience in your corner.