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Label or Liability: Case law could lead to short shelf life for $3M Paxil 'innovator liability' verdict

By Stephanie N. Grimoldby | Tuesday, Jun 13, 2017 @ 11:00am

A Chicago federal jury shocked many observers by ordering drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 million to the widow of lawyer Stewart Dolin, who committed suicide in 2010 after taking a generic version of GSK's antidepressant Paxil. But legal observers believe the decision may have a short shelf life, as it could defy decades of case law on the concept of innovator liability.