Legal Opinion
Carolyn G. Winkler, Individually and as the Independent of the Estate of Bernie A. Winkler v. Eli Lilly & Co. And Paul Smith
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1997No. 95-3913 and 95-4060PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
This is a case about attempts to discover the terms of a secret agreement. The Wink-ler family and James Mahoney are suing the defendant pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly & Co. for injuries allegedly caused by its prescription medication Prozac. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation consolidated all federal Prozac cases for discovery and scheduling purposes. The Southern District of Indiana appointed defendant attorney Paul Smith as lead counsel. The Winklers and Mahoney are now appealing the imposition of a permanent injunction barring them from attempting to…
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