Illinois steroid death attorneys know that sometimes steroids are deadly.  Whether they are prescribed by a physician who is treating a patient with corticosteroids or they are sold on the street by a dealer pushing anabolic steroids, sometimes steroids do not have the intended effect of helping a patient with a compromised immune system or increasing muscle mass, and instead seriously injure or kill the user.

If your spouse or loved one took steroids and died as a result of taking steroids then you might be able to file a wrongful death lawsuit against the physician or other provider of the drugs.  In order to be successful in your lawsuit you, together with your Illinois steroid death attorney, will need to prove that:

  • The defendant had a duty of care to the steroid user;
  • The defendant breached that duty of care;
  • The steroid user’s death was caused by the wrongful act, negligent act or failure to act of the defendant. In other words, the proximate cause of the decedent’s death must have been the steroid use. If the decedent died from other, unrelated causes while taking steroids then there is likely no cause of action from the use of steroids.
  • The defendant’s action or failure to take an action would have been legally actionable if the steroid user had only suffered injuries and not died. The plaintiff must be able to prove that the decedent would have had a cause of action against the defendant if the decedent had not died from his or her injuries. For example, the decedent may have had a cause of action against the defendant for medical malpractice if the steroids were prescribed by his or her physician.
  • That the plaintiffs are entitled to fair and just compensation for their loss. This includes the financial loss incurred as a result of the person’s death and the pain and suffering of the survivors.

A wrongful death lawsuit is a civil lawsuit that may be filed by the family regardless of whether any criminal charges are filed against the defendant by the state.

How to File a Wrongful Death Lawsuit

While nothing can make up for a life cut short by steroid use, your Chicago steroid death lawyer can help you seek justice and will work hard to help you recover financial damages.

Dolan Law Offices represents spouses and relatives whose loved ones have died from steroid use throughout Illinois and the greater Chicagoland area, including Cook County, DuPage County, Lake County, McHenry County, and Will County, and the towns of Aurora, Addison, Chicago Heights, Joliet, Hillsdale, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, Des Plains, Schaumburg, Palatine, Elk Grove Village, Hoffman Estates, Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect, Hanover Park, Streamwood, Prospect Heights, Wheeling, Wheaton, Waukegan, Inverness, Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Elgin, Bartlett, Itasca, Bloomingdale and Oak Park.

Please contact us today for a free consultation.  The Chicago steroid attorneys of Dolan Law Offices will not collect a fee from you unless your case results in a monetary verdict or settlement.