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By atracyphd on August 3, 2009
“Anti-depressants didn’t help the manic side of Munn’s bipolar disorder. At times his thoughts raced. He didn’t sleep. He had grandiose ideas like how to fix the entire mental health system in the state of Montana.”
“And he believed he could do anything he wanted.”
“’I felt rules didn’t apply to me. That would be grandiosity,’ he said. ‘But they do. And that’s accepting that you have a mental illness’.”
Posted in Legal Cases, Recent Cases | Tagged abilify, ADHD, antidepressants, Bipolar, Depakote, Depression, diagnose, disorder, geodon, lamictal, mania, misdiagnose, Paxil, psychosis, risperdal, RITALIN, seroquel, topamax, zyprexa |
By admin on June 15, 2009
Second Update: Paxil Lawsuit
Donald J. (“Don”) Farber Attorney at Law
Our objective in the lawsuit is to compel SmithKline to place an accurate warning label on Paxil regarding the drug’s addictive qualities. In 1992 Paxil’s watered down label was approved by the Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”), and has been remain unchanged ever since-this despite numerous [...]
Posted in Legal Cases |
By admin on February 24, 2004
Trial starts for Palmyra man accused of killing
By Steve Sharp
Daily Times staff
The defense said today it plans to argue that Throm did not intend to kill Wilke and that his personality was affected by the mood-altering drug Paxil.
Jefferson Co., Wisconsin vs. David Throm (Criminal Trial)
2/24/2003
Trial starts for Palmyra man accused of killing
By Steve Sharp
Daily Times [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged kill Wilke, man, Palmyra, Paxil |
By admin on March 1, 2003
Patients vs. Bayer
Bayer Official Offers Defense in Texas Trial of Drug Suit
By MELODY PETERSEN
The New York Times
Melody Peterson of the New York Times reports that in the first case brought against Bayer involving its anticholesterol drug, Baycol, a senior official of Bayer AG testified in court in Corpus Cristi, Texas. He acknowledged that company officials [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Drug Suit, Patients vs. Bayer, Texas |
By admin on February 28, 2003
Throm is found guilty in death of girlfriend
By Steve Sharp
Daily Times staff
A 42-year-old Palmyra man was found guilty this morning of first-degree homicide and a charge of hiding a corpse by a Jefferson County judge.
Jefferson Co., Wisconsin vs. David Throm (Criminal Trial)
2/28/2003
Throm is found guilty in death of girlfriend
http://www.wdtimes.com/articles/2003/02/28/news/news2.txt
By Steve Sharp
Daily Times staff
A 42-year-old Palmyra [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 42-year-old, guilty, homicide, Jefferson Co |
By admin on February 5, 2003
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals
Drug firm settles with Columbine victim
By Howard Pankratz hpankratz@denverpost.com
Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer
Columbine survivor Mark Taylor today dropped his lawsuit against the manufacturer of a drug he claimed made Eric Harris homicidal and suicidal in return for the company contributing $10,000 to the American Cancer Society.
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals
2/6/2003
Drug firm settles with [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Columbine victim, Settles, Solvay Pharmacueticals |
By admin on January 17, 2003
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals
Columbine survivor, Wash. teen team up
Suit over antidepressants unites an unlikely pair
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer
The common bond that brought them together is their crusade against pharmaceutical companies.
Taylor vs. Solvay Pharmacueticals
1/17/2003
Columbine survivor, Wash. teen team up
Suit over antidepressants unites an unlikely pair
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36%257E53%257E1116943,00.html
By Howard Pankratz
Denver Post Legal Affairs Writer
One was [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Columbine, Solvay Pharmacueticals, survivor, unlikely pair |
By admin on January 13, 2003
LA judge denies class action for Glaxo Paxil suit
Reuters
A U.S. judge in Los Angeles on Monday denied a request to certify as a class action a lawsuit claiming that GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s (GSK) anti-depressant Paxil is habit-forming. U.S. District Judge Mariana Pfaelzer said in her ruling that attorneys for a group of Paxil users failed to [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Glaxo, habit-forming, Paxil, Paxil suit |
By admin on November 30, 2002
Cassidy vs. Eli Lilly
Lilly settles Prozac lawsuit Terms of the deal not disclosed; new litigation in Georgia is targeting metabolization issue.
By Jeff Swiatek
The Cassidys’ lawsuit, filed in federal court in Pittsburgh, charged that Diane Cassidy’s doctor prescribed the antidepressant Prozac to her for weight loss and that the drug caused suicidal thoughts that led her [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Cassidy vs. Eli Lilly, metabolization, not disclosed |
By admin on November 3, 2002
Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline
2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker
By TOM HELD
theld@journalsentinel.co
Journal Sentinel
Suits here and elsewhere claim Paxil addictive, consumers not warned.
Holcombe and Gollin vs. GlaxoSmithKline
11/3/2002
2 Wisconsin women sue anti-depressant maker
http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/nov02/93028.asp
By TOM HELD
theld@journalsentinel.co
Journal Sentinel
Two Wisconsin women have filed a class-action lawsuit against the makers of the anti-depressant Paxil, joining hundreds of others in alleging that [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged consumers not warned., Holcombe and Gollin, Paxil addictive |
By admin on October 10, 2002
Mass. group sues Paxil drugmaker
By Ellen Barry
Globe Staff
A group of Massachusetts plaintiffs filed a class-action suit earlier this month against the maker of the blockbuster antidepressant Paxil, alleging that withdrawal from the drug brought on such ill effects as nausea, sweating, agitation, tremors, insomnia, dizziness, and the sensation of electric ”zaps” in the brain.
Baum, Hedlund, [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged agitation, and the sensation of electric ''zaps'' in the brain., dizziness, insomnia, nausea, Paxil drugmaker, sweating, tremors |
By admin on August 20, 2002
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
Judge: Paxil ads can’t say it isn’t habit-forming
LOS ANGELES (AP)
A federal judge ordered the maker of the popular anti-depressant Paxil to stop all television commercials nationwide that say the drug is not habit-forming.
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
8/20/2002
Judge: Paxil ads can’t [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Aristei, Baum, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation, habit-forming, Hedlund |
By admin on July 23, 2002
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham
Glaxo Raises White Flag, Settles Paxil Trial Appeal, and Pays Up
Rick Giombetti
In a bombshell comparable to the recent belated revelation of the disaster that hormone replacement therapy has been, I have learned that Paxil manufacturer Glaxo-Smith-Kline (GSK) has secretly settled its appeal of the ruling in the Paxil trial last year.
Donald [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged 7/23/2002, and Pays Up, Appeal, Glaxo, Paxil, Settles, Trial |
By admin on June 25, 2002
Amby Cole vs. Eli Lilly
Lilly faces another Prozac lawsuit
Tennessee widow says husband hanged himself 13 days after drug was prescribed.
By Jeff Swiatek
jeff.swiatek@indystar.com
The Indianapolis Star
The lawsuit, filed last week in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Tennessee, is the latest in more than 200 lawsuits against Prozac maker Eli Lilly and Co. since the [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Indianapolis Star, lawsuit, Lilly, Prozac |
By admin on May 24, 2002
Healy vs. University of Toronto
Scientist stands by views of drugs after settling lawsuit with U of T
A prominent British psychiatrist who found his offer of a post at a University of Toronto teaching hospital rescinded after he criticized a popular form of antidepressants says he stands by his controversial view of the drugs
Healy vs. University [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged antidepressants, Healy, University of Toronto |
By admin on April 29, 2002
Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI)
Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane
Luke Hassett, 22, who was diagnosed as being a paranoid schizophrenic after taking Roaccutane, is to sue Leeds General Infirmary and the clinician who prescribed him the drug.
Hassett vs. Leeds General Infirmary (LGI)
4/29/2002
Man Claims he Became Psychotic on Accutane
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=289945
A patient is suing a hospital [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Accutane, Hassett, paranoid schizophrenic, Roaccutane |
By admin on December 17, 2001
Culberson vs. Pfizer
Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not Cause Woman’s Death
Reuters
A jury on Monday found that the prescription drug Rezulin did not contribute to the death of a diabetic woman who died in January 2000, Pfizer Inc., whose subsidiary Warner-Lambert made the drug, said.
Culberson vs. Pfizer
12/17/2001
Jury: Pfizer Drug Did Not Cause Woman’s Death
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=sciencenews&StoryID=461150
Reuters
The last thing that [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Death, Rezulin, Woman's |
By admin on December 10, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
Anti-depressant ‘addicts’ threaten legal case
Sarah Boseley, Health Editor
The Guardian (UK)
More than 60 people in Britain who say they have become hooked on the anti-depressant Seroxat – a drug in the Prozac class – are exploring the possibility of legal action against the pharmaceutical company which they [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged addicts, Glaxo Smithkline |
By admin on August 25, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive
A lawsuit contends the manufacturer of the popular anti-depressant Paxil concealed evidence that the drug can be addictive
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
8/25/2001
Suit: Antidepressant is Addictive
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010825/us/paxil_suit_1.html
To learn more, go to http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com
A lawsuit contends the manufacturer of the popular anti-depressant [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Addictive, Antidepressant, concealed, evidence, Paxil, Suit |
By admin on August 24, 2001
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo vs. Glaxo Smithkline Corporation
Victims File Lawsuit over Severe Withdrawal Reactions from the Antidepressant–PaxilFirst Class Action of its Kind Against an Antidepressant Maker
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Baum, Hedlund, Aristei, Guilford & Schiavo 12100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 950 Los Angeles, CA 90025
Contact: Robin McCall, Media Relations Day: (800) 827-0087 or (310) 207-3233 Night: [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged Glaxo Smithkline, Reactions, Withdrawal |
By admin on August 11, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham
Judge Denies Rehearing in Drug Case
Associated Press
A federal judge denied a request by the maker of Paxil for a new trial in the case of a man who killed himself and three family members after taking the anti-depressant drug.
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham
8/11/2001
Judge Denies Rehearing in Drug Case
http://wire.ap.org/?FRONTID=HOME&SITE=CALOS&enter=Go
Associated Press
GlaxoSmithKline asked that [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, murder, Rehearing |
By admin on June 6, 2001
Donald Schell vs. SmithKline Beecham
Paxil Maker Ordered to Pay $8 Million – Jury Says Anti-depressant Largely to Blame for Deadly Shooting Spree
The Associated Press
The manufacturer of the nation’s second-best-selling anti-depressant must pay $8 million to the relatives of a man who killed himself and three others after taking the drug Paxil, jurors said.
Donald Schell vs. [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged anti-depressant, Blame, Deadly Shooting, Donald Schell, SmithKline |
By admin on January 1, 1998
Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant Users vs Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline
Commonly-Prescribed Antidepressants Are Extremely Dangerous for Some
ClassActionAmerican.com
Some 200 legal actions have been filed against Eli Lilly, Pfizer, and GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of Prozac (fluoxetine), Zoloft (sertraline), and Paxil (paroxetine), respectively, to recover for suicides or homicides.
rozac, Zoloft, and Paxil Antidepressant Users v Eli Lilly, [...]
Posted in Legal Cases | Tagged antidepressants, Dangerous, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer |
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