Legal Opinion
Mason v. SmithKline Beecham Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 23, 2010No. 08-2265PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Circuit Judge.
Twenty-three-year-old Tricia Mason committed suicide on March 2, 2003, two days after she started taking Paxil, a popular antidepressant. Her parents sued the manufacturer of the drug, the Smithkline Beecham Corporation, claiming it was negligent (among other things) for not warning that taking Paxil increases the risk of suicide, especially among young adults. The district court granted summary judgment for the company in 2008. The court concluded that the Masons’ claims were preempted under federal law because the warnings they say should have been included about Paxil…
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