Legal Opinion
Cooksey v. Landry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided June 30, 2014No. S14A0926PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Chief Justice.
Before he committed suicide in September 2012, twenty-two-year-old Christopher Landry for several years had been under the care of appellant Crit Cooksey, a psychiatrist. In August 2012, Dr. Cooksey prescribed both Seroquel and Cymbalta for Christopher, two drugs that contain a “black box warning” from the Food and Drug Administration which warns of an increased risk of suicidal thinking and behavior in young adults and recommends that medical professionals prescribing the drugs monitor patients for worsening or emergent suicidal thoughts and behavior. Following…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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