Routhier v. Keenan

Kern, Leila R., J.

Allan Routhier (Routhier) brings this action as the administrator of his late wife Diane Routhier’s estate against the defendant, Dr. Timothy Keenan, M.D., Diane’s physician. Routhier alleges that Keenan’s negligent treatment was the cause of Diane’s suicide. Before this court is Keenan’s motion in limine to exclude all evidence regarding any causal connection between the drug bupropion (marketed as Wellbutrin® or Zyban®) and suicide, or suicidal ide-ation, and the expert testimony of Routhier’s witnesses, Donald Marks, M.D. and Ronald Maris, Ph.D. as to any such connection.

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