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Dolin v. Smithkline Beecham Corporation, et al

  1. April 18, 2017

    Widow's Trial Against GSK Wraps With $39M Damages Plea

    The wife of a deceased Reed Smith partner said at the close of a five-week trial Monday that she's owed $39 million for the loss of his income and companionship, blaming pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline and its well-known antidepressant Paxil for her husband's suicide.

  2. April 11, 2017

    Client Conflict Troubled Late Atty, Ex-Colleague Testifies

    A former colleague of late Reed Smith LLP partner Stewart Dolin told an Illinois federal jury Tuesday that Dolin expressed trepidation shortly before his death about a client threatening to leave the firm, testimony that GlaxoSmithKline PLC hopes will convince the jury that it was not a generic Paxil prescription that caused Dolin to take his life.

  3. April 06, 2017

    GSK Doc Says FDA Knew All Co. Did About Paxil Suicide Risk

    A psychiatrist who helped prepare a GlaxoSmithKline PLC analysis of the suicide risk associated with Paxil told an Illinois federal jury Thursday that the drugmaker was not hiding anything from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that could have prevented a Reed Smith attorney's death.

  4. April 04, 2017

    GSK Can't Score Early Win In Atty Suicide Trial

    GlaxoSmithKline's move to throw out a case over a Reed Smith partner's death in the middle of trial Tuesday was immediately shot down by an Illinois federal judge, giving the jury a chance to determine whether a generic Paxil prescription was the cause of the attorney's suicide. 

  5. April 03, 2017

    Atty Wasn't Driven To Suicide By Work: Reed Smith Partner

    It wasn't work that pushed a former Reed Smith LLP partner to commit suicide in the days after he began taking a generic version of a GlaxoSmithKline PLC antidepressant, the firm's Chicago office managing partner told a jury on Monday in the wrongful death suit against the drugmaker brought by the attorney's widow.

  6. March 28, 2017

    Judge Frustrated At Sluggish Pace Of Atty Suicide Trial

    Three weeks into a trial to determine if GlaxoSmithKline PLC can be held liable for a Reed Smith LLP partner's death, the federal judge overseeing the case appeared irritated with the trial's slow progression, telling the attorneys Tuesday he was worried the jury might tune them out.

  7. March 27, 2017

    Atty's Doc Says He Didn't Know Of Paxil's Suicide Risk

    The doctor who prescribed generic Paxil to Stewart Dolin days before he took his own life said Monday he didn't know the Reed Smith LLP partner to be depressed and wouldn't have prescribed the drug if GlaxoSmithKline informed him that it could induce suicidal behavior, a characterization the drug company disputes.

  8. March 21, 2017

    FDA Expert Says GSK In Charge Of Paxil Label Changes

    A former U.S. Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer pushed forward the narrative of a Reed Smith LLP partner's widow Tuesday by telling an Illinois federal jury that Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline PLC was ultimately responsible for updating the drug's label to alert doctors of an increased suicide risk.

  9. March 20, 2017

    GSK Can't Nix Expert Testimony In Atty Suicide Trial

    An Illinois federal judge refused Monday to strike a U.K. professor's testimony about antidepressant Paxil's alleged link to adult suicide, saying GlaxoSmithKline PLC will get the chance to rebut the professor's assertions during the trial over a Reed Smith LLP partner's death.

  10. March 15, 2017

    FDA Rejected Paxil Label Changes, GSK Says In Suicide Trial

    GlaxoSmithKline told an Illinois federal jury Wednesday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration four times rejected a label change that would have alerted doctors of the increased risk of suicide in some adult patients taking Paxil, a warning that the widow of a Reed Smith partner says would have saved her husband's life.

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