Legal Opinion
Ackermann v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2008No. 06-41774PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Appellant Rozlyn Ackermann (“Ackermann”) challenges the district court’s grant of summary judgment dismissing her claim that Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (“Wyeth”) failed adequately to warn about the drug-induced risk of suicide from its drug Effexor, and this deficiency led to her husband’s suicide. Because Ackermann has failed to demonstrate causation under the learned-intermediary doctrine, we affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In November 2001, Martin Ackermann (“Martin”), a . 53-year-old businessman, suffered from clinical depression brought on by severe business and family…
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