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Learned intermediary doctrine bars Paxil suit (access required)

By: Pat Murphy
Published: March 8, 2010

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The "learned intermediary" doctrine applies to preclude liability in a wrongful death suit brought by a woman whose husband committed suicide while taking an anti-depressant manufactured by the defendant, the 11th Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment. The plaintiff's husband threw himself in front of a train eight days after he started taking Paxil, an anti-depressant ...
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