Legal Opinion
Jacobson v. Pfizer, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2016No. 14-14226PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
In this diversity action, Plaintiff Neal M. Jacobson appeals the district court’s dismissal of his pro se amended complaint against Defendant Pfizer, Inc. (“Pfizer”) pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. After review, we affirm.
In 2012, Jacobson pled guilty in Florida state court to the first degree murder of his wife and two children and received three life sentences. In 2013, Jacobson filed this pro se civil action alleging that he committed his crimes while “in a manic and psychotic state” after taking two of Defendant Pfizer’s drugs, Zoloft and…
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