Cooksey v. Landry

In the Supreme Court of Georgia Decided: June 30, 2014 S14A0926. COOKSEY v. LANDRY, et al. 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…