Legal Opinion
Dietz v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided March 5, 2010No. 09-10167PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARZILAY, Judge:
Plaintiff-Appellant Donna Dietz (“Appellant”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for DefendanL-Appellee Smithkline Beecham Corp. (“SBC”) in her wrongful death suit, which arose out of her husband’s suicide while taking Paxil, a drug manufactured by SBC. For the reasons stated below, the district court’s decision is affirmed.
I. Background & Procedural History
On April 3, 2002, the 33 year-old Garrison David Dietz (“Dietz”), Appellant’s late husband, met with his family practitioner, James Zuppa, M.D. Dietz presented with anxiety, depression, insomnia, and…
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