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GILES v. WYETH, INC.

No. No. 04-cv-4245-JPG.

500 F.Supp.2d 1063 (2007)

Jacquelyn GILES, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Jeff 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 20, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen W. Stone, Howerton, Dorris & Stone, Marion, IL, Mark A. Kochan, Kochan & Kochan, Herrin, IL, Paul F. Waldner, Vickery & Waldner, LLP, Houston, TX, Rebecca L. Dumas, Vickery & Waldner, LLP, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs.

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

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GILBERT, District Judge.

I. Introduction

On October 30, 2002, Jeff Giles (Jeff) drove to a rural road, stopped his car, and shot himself in the heart with his shotgun. Two days earlier, Jeff had started taking Wyeth's antidepressant drug, Effexor. Jacquelyn Giles (Giles), Jeff's widow, contends that Effexor caused her husband to commit suicide.

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

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