Personal Injury Law

PA Judge: No Preemption in Paxil Labeling Suit
Judge Allan L. Tereshko, the coordinating judge of Philadelphia Common Pleas Court's Complex Litigation Program, denied GlaxoSmithKline's preemption-based motion for summary judgment on Tuesday...

Judge Rules agains GSK--Teen Paxil Suicide Case goes to Trial
Philadelphia, PA:A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 that a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16-year-old New Jersey boy who committed suicide while taking Paxil can proceed to a jury trial...

$40 Million Settlement approved in Second Phase of Paxil Class Action: Insurance Companies Reimbursed
Minneapolis, MN: U.S. Judge Michael J. Davis of the District of Minnesota has approved the final settlement of $40M to reimburse insurance companies, as third-party payers, for their costs in insuring Paxil purchases paid for by the parents of minors prescribed Paxil or Paxil CR.

Third Circuit Preemption Win for Manufacturers of Paxil & Zoloft
The Legal Intelligencer (via law.com) reports on a decision filed yesterday by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit holding that claims that the manufacturers of Paxil and Zoloft failed to warn of a risk of suicide...

Third Circuit's Recent Preemption Ruling
In a recent case over Paxil and Zoloft, the Third Circuit held that plaintiffs? failure to warn claims (about the risks of suicide) were preempted. The FDA explicitly refused to order the warnings...

Divided three-judge Third Circuit panel issues FDA preemption ruling in cases alleging a failure to warn of increased risk of suicide for patients taking Paxil or Zoloft
Divided three-judge Third Circuit panel issues FDA preemption ruling in cases alleging a failure to warn of increased risk of suicide for patients taking Paxil or Zoloft: By a vote of 2-1, today's ruling (in which a visiting judge provides the deciding vote) holds that the plaintiffs' state law claims are preempted by federal law...

Paxil Lawsuit
Paxil Claims, Lawsuits, and Injuries

Paxil Heart Defects
alleging Paxil causes heart defects in newborns.

Paxil
Found to Damage Sperm and Inhibit Fertility

Baltimore Strip Search Class Action
Judge Gives Go-ahead

Canceled Insurance
Judge orders Health Net Inc. to pay $9 million settlement after terminating a policyholder's policy after being diagnosed with breast cancer.

Labor and Delivery
Judge awards mother $6 million medical malpractice settlement after baby was born with brain injuries.

Paxil Birth Defects
alleging link to the birth defect persistant pulmonary hypertention in the newborn (PPHN) and infant death.