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Your legal rights If you or a loved one has suffered serious injury from a drug or medical product, you may have the right to seek damages and compensation for your past and future medical expenses, loss of income, diminished earning capacity, and pain and suffering. Under product liability laws, a drug manufacturer and its distribution network can be held strictly liable for your damages. The distribution network has been construed broadly to mean resellers and even retail drugstores.
The plaintiff carries the burden of proof in drug liability cases. This means that the
plaintiff must prove its case by a preponderance of the evidence or fifty-one percent. These
types of cases can be filed by individual plaintiffs or through the legal process known
as class-action lawsuits. In either case, you should make sure your lawyer has extensive
experience in trying these kinds of cases.
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