Blain v. Smithkline Beecham Corp.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

SAVAGE, District Judge.

In moving to certify this product liability action against the manufacturer of the antidepressant drug Paxil ás a national class action, the plaintiffs seek to represent all persons whose children under age eighteen committed or attempted to commit suicide while using the drug. The gist of the plaintiffs’ claims is that despite its specific knowledge of Paxil’s association with the increased risk of suicidality in pediatric patients, the defendant GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) failed to warn doctors, the medical community and the *182public of this danger.1 The…