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GILES v. WYETH, INC.

No. 04-cv-4245-JPG.

500 F.Supp.2d 1048 (2007)

Jacquelyn GILES, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jeff L. Giles, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. WYETH, INC, a Delaware Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as American Home Products Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois.

June 18, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnold Anderson (Andy Vickery), Paul F. Waldner, Rebecca L. Dumas, Vickery & Waldner, LLP, Houston, TX, Stephen W. Stone, Howerton, Dorrs & Stone, Marion, IL, Mark A. Kochan, Kochan & Kochan, Herrin, IL, for Plaintiff.

David B. Alden, Mark Herrmann, Jones Day, Cleveland, OH, Larry E. Hepler, W. Jason Rankin, Beth A. Bauer, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald, Hebrank, True & Noce LLC, Edwardsville, IL, Robin L. Juni, David S. Rutkowski, Junius C. McElveen, Jr., Jones, Day et al., Washington, DC, Terence M. Murphy, Jones Day, Dallas, TX, Amber B. Shushan, Jones, Day et al., Atlanta, GA, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GILBERT, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Jeff Giles, a forty-six-year-old white male, committed suicide on October 30, 2002. Several days earlier, his family physician diagnosed him with depression and prescribed Effexor, an antidepressant. Jacquelyn Giles (Giles), Jeff's widow, contends that Effexor was a proximate cause of his suicide.

In her complaint, Giles alleges that Jeff was a member of a ...

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