Pharmacists play a critical role in patient safety. In New York, pharmacists are entrusted with properly compounding, packaging, labeling, storing, and dispensing prescription drugs, and serious injury can occur when they fail to meet that duty. A medication error can cause overdose, organ damage, allergic reaction, dangerous drug interactions, delayed treatment, permanent injury, or death. When that happens in Brooklyn, Staten Island, or anywhere in New York City, a pharmacist malpractice claim may be available.

Pharmacist malpractice cases often involve dispensing the wrong drug, giving the wrong dose, improperly labeling medication, filling an incomplete prescription without clarification, substituting the wrong medication, or failing to exercise the professional judgment required to prevent dangerous contraindications and harmful interactions. These cases may arise in neighborhood pharmacies, hospitals, institutional pharmacies, and other dispensing settings.

Claims against pharmacists may be based on negligence, breach of professional duty, or breach of warranty. Our attorneys investigate prescriptions, pharmacy records, labeling, dosage instructions, prescribing records, medication histories, consultation notes, storage and dispensing procedures, expert review, and the patient’s medical records to determine where the error occurred and how it caused harm. We evaluate claims involving improperly filled prescriptions, failure to administer medication, prescription drug malpractice, improperly prescribed medication, drug company failure to warn of side effects, and long-term harm tied to defective or dangerous drugs.

We never charge to investigate your case, and we handle pharmacist malpractice medication error claims on a contingency fee basis, so you pay no legal fee unless we recover compensation for you.