Opioid Prescription Medical Malpractice Litigation: Why You Need an Expert Witness
It is no secret that prescription opioid use has drastically risen in the United States. Within the past two decades, the sale of opioid prescriptions has quadrupled. Opioid pain medications include natural opioids such as morphine and codeine, or synthetic and semi-synthetic ones such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, oxymorphone, and methadone. These medications became popularized in […]
Family Files Medical Malpractice Lawsuit After Retired Truck Driver Dies From Accidental Overdose of Prescribed Pain Medication
The family of a 68-year-old man who died from an accidental overdose of opioid painkillers and benzodiazepines has filed a lawsuit against the world-renowned hospital that treated him and two of its physicians. The family alleges that the doctors failed to modify the patient’s prescriptions even though it was obvious that he was suffering […]