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Dangerous Drugs - Defective Drugs - Pharmaceutical Products Liability

If you took a pharmaceutical drug and it hurt you instead of helping you deal with your health issue, you may have grounds to bring a product liability lawsuit. Too often, drug companies put profits over the public's welfare. And the FDA, which is in place to protect the public from unsafe pharmaceuticals, often discovers the problem after the damage has been done. Our firm has represented individuals who have been injured as a result of a variety of unsafe drugs, including:

  • Acetaminophen Analgesic (Failure to Warn of Foreseeable Contra-indications)
  • Antihistamine (Foreseeable Adverse Reaction)
  • L-Tryptophan

In most parts of the country, a plaintiff in a pharmaceutical products liability case must first prove that the drug is defective. That claim against a pharmaceutical company can be based on the way the drug was created and tested, the way the drug was manufactured, and the way the drug was marketed. Marketing defects are particularly abundant in drug defect cases, and involve improper instructions and failures to warn consumers about a dangerous aspect of the product.

Proving that the pharmaceutical was defective is the most difficult and important aspect of a pharmaceutical products liability lawsuit. It requires the services of a variety of experts and a law firm with a history of handling defective drug cases, with experience it takes to effectively gather and organize the crucial information. At Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, we have the resources and experience it takes to successfully pursue a products liability action based on a defective or dangerous drug. Contact us today. We would be happy to discuss your case with you.

Success Stories

$17,716,401 Verdict / Auto Product Liability / Ford Explorer Rear Restraint System / Lap Only Seat Belt

12/18/2009 Wheeler v. Ford Motor Company, et al., State Court, Clayton County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs Lynn and Douglas Wheeler won their design defect and failure to warn claims against Ford Motor Company relating to the 2002 Ford Explorer. On Christmas morning 2005, 58 year old Lynn Wheeler was on her way to church with her family. Lynn Wheeler was seated in the rear center seat of her son’s 2002 Ford Explorer, wearing the lap-only seat belt Ford installed for that seating position. Two of Lynn Wheeler’s grandchildren were in child seats on either side of her. As they entered a curve on Noah’s Ark Road, a 2-door Eagle Talon coupe driven by John C. Stanley crossed the centerline and struck the Explorer head-on.

$5,470,000 Verdict/Wrongful Death

10/23/09 Pitts v. A&G Trucking. Inc., et al., State Court of DeKalb County, Georgia.

Plaintiffs, four minor children, recovered for the death of their father, who was killed by a dump truck driver while the decedent was working as a "spotter" or "flag man" on the runway expansion at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. According to eye-witnesses, the driver of the dump truck was talking on her cell phone or CB radio and was given a stop signal by the deceased.

$45,000,000 Settlement | Credit Insurance/Consumer Rights Class Action

10/31/07 Toole v. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company, Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia

Plaintiff Toole represented a class of people who prepaid J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company premiums for credit life and disability insurance policies when they purchased vehicles. J.M.I.C. Life Insurance Company contractually promised to refund any unearned premium if class members paid off the insured loans before the five-year term had expired, but failed to do so when they paid off the insured loans early.

$105,500,000 Verdict | Defective Automobile

11/23/04 Flax v. Daimler Chrysler Corporation and Louis A. Stockell, Jr., Circuit Court for Davidson County, Tennessee

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With offices in Atlanta and Columbus, Georgia, the attorneys at Butler, Wooten & Fryhofer, LLP represent the seriously injured throughout Georgia, including the cities of Atlanta, Columbus, Marietta, Smyrna, Roswell, Gainesville, Peachtree City, Forest Park, Riverdale, Lagrange, Macon, and Savannah. Our lawyers have handled accident and defective product claims nationwide, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia and Wyoming.