Legal Opinion
Stupak v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Wisconsin
Decided October 9, 2003No. 03-C-421PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DECISION AND ORDER
GRIESBACH, District Judge.
This is a wrongful death action in which the plaintiff claims that a drug prescribed for her son by his doctor caused him to kill himself. The case is presently before me on the motion of the company that developed and manufactures the drug to dismiss for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. For the reasons that follow, the motion will be denied.
I. BACKGROUND
On May 14, 2000, plaintiffs son, Bartholomew Thomas Stupak, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Bartholomew was seventeen-years-old at the time of his death…
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