Legal Opinion
Blanchard v. Eli Lilly & Co.
District Court, D. Vermont
Decided March 29, 2002No. 2:99-cv-00256PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SESSIONS, District Judge.
This is a drug product liability case in which the Plaintiffs claim that Elvira Espinoza shot and killed-her children and then committed suicide as a result of her ingestion of Prozac, an antidepressant manufactured by Defendant Eh Lilly & Company (“Lilly”). Before the Court are Lilly’s motions for summary judgment on the grounds of lack of admissible expert testimony on causation and lack of probable cause. For the reasons stated below, Lilly’s motions (Docs. 96 & 101) are granted.
I. Background
For the purpose of resolving these summary judgment…
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