A lawsuit holds careless drug manufacturers responsible for making and selling unsafe medications. It can publicize the problems with the drug, which can help prevent others from unknowingly exposing themselves to death or serious health problems. If a lawsuit is large and well-publicized enough, it can help take a dangerous drug off the market.
But more practically, a dangerous drugs lawsuit can also help victims win money they need to pay costs caused by the defective drug. Unexpected deaths and serious health problems cost money. They deprive families of an income or significantly lower that income. They cause hundreds of thousands of dollars, sometimes millions of dollars, in medical bills. In the case of a birth defect, this can follow victims throughout their lives, causing a lifetime of expensive medical care, surgeries or therapies. In a wrongful death, there can be expensive funeral costs. And of course, health problems caused by a dangerous drug can disable victims for life, dramatically lowering their quality of life. In a wrongful death, family members may lose a loved one far sooner than expected. A dangerous drug lawsuit seeks compensation for these and other losses that were directly caused by the unsafe medication.
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