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  • GSK appeals $3M verdict over lawyer's suicide, Paxil labeling

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    About two weeks after a Chicago federal judge turned down its request for a new trial, pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline has formally appealed the judicial decisions the company has contended led to a jury improperly awarding $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide by stepping in front of a train in Chicago’s Loop after taking a generic version of Paxil, an antidepressant developed by GSK.

  • Judge: No need for new trial, $3M verdict vs GSK over lawyer's suicide should stand

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    Pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline will not get a chance to undo a jury’s verdict, finding it owes $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide, allegedly after taking a generic equivalent of GSK’s anti-depressant drug, Paxil.

  • GSK asks for new trial over claims its anti-depressant labeling contributed to lawyer's suicide

    By Dan Churney |
    Drug manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline is trying to get out from under a $3 million jury judgment, which blamed it for a Chicago lawyer’s suicide, saying a federal judge made multiple mistakes that hamstrung the manufacturer’s defense against the claim its labels failed to warn its anti-depressant drug Paxil and its generic equivalent can lead to suicide.

  • Jury: GSK liable for suicide of lawyer taking generic Paxil; $3M awarded to widow

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    A federal jury in Chicago has ordered pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline to pay $3 million to the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train after taking a generic version of Paxil, an antidepressant developed by GSK, finding the drugmaker should be held responsible for his death, even though it didn’t make the actual medication the lawyer had been taking for about a week before he took his life.

  • Judge denies request to end trial vs drugmaker GSK over suicide of lawyer taking generic Paxil

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    A trial continues this week in Chicago federal court over the question of how much blame should be shouldered by drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline for the death of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide after taking a generic version of Paxil, an antidepressant developed by GSK. This week, a federal judge denied an attempt by GSK to abruptly end the weeks-long trial and secure a judgment in its favor.

  • Little Company of Mary Hospital allegedly misdiagnosed patient

    By Louie Torres |
    A disabled patient's family is suing Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers, Roseland Community Hospital Association and doctors William P. Walsh and Carlito Javier for allegedly misdiagnosing and discharging the patient despite her abnormal vital signs.

  • Trial set to begin in litigation vs drugmaker GSK over suicide by lawyer who took generic Paxil

    By Jonathan Bilyk |
    This week, a Chicago federal court will empanel jurors to decide whether pharmaceutical maker GlaxoSmithKline should be made to pay the widow of a Chicago lawyer who committed suicide by jumping in front of a train after taking a generic version of Paxil, an antidepressant developed by GSK, because, the woman claims, the drug’s warning label, which was approved by federal regulators, did not contain enough information on suicide risk, misleading the doctor who prescribed it.

  • Hospital, doctors sued in woman's death

    By Ruel Reyes |
    CHICAGO — The independent administrator of a deceased woman's estate is suing several health-care providers in a case alleging wrongful death.