DOLIN v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC

No. 17-3030.

901 F.3d 803 (2018)

Wendy B. DOLIN, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Stewart Dolin, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC, Formerly Known as SmithKline Beecham Corp., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 22, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David E. Rapoport , Matthew S. Sims , Attorneys, Rapoport Law Offices, Chicago, IL, Robert Brent Wisner , Attorney, Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, PC, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Lisa Schiavo Blatt , Stephen K. Wirth , William Perdue , Elisabeth Theodore , Attorneys, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP, Washington, DC, Alan Scott Gilbert , Attorney, Dentons US LLP, Chicago, IL, Andrew T. Bayman , Todd Patrick Davis , Heather Howard, Attorneys, King & Spalding LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Cory L. Andrews , Attorney, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.

Michael X. Imbroscio , Attorney, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.

Kannon K. Shanmugam , Attorney, Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Mary E. Signorille , Senior Attorney, AARP Foundation Litigation, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Association of Retired Persons.

Leslie J. Rosen , Attorney, Leslie J. Rosen, Attorney at Law PC, Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Scott L. Nelson , Adina Hyman Rosenbaum , Attorneys, Public Citizen Litigation Group, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Public Citizen, Inc.

Before Wood, Chief Judge, and Sykes and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.


Defendant GlaxoSmithKline LLC (GSK) appeals from a jury verdict awarding $3 million to plaintiff Wendy Dolin for the death of her husband, Stewart Dolin. Mrs. Dolin alleges that GSK's negligent omissions in the drug label for Paxil caused her husband's death. Stewart did not actually take Paxil. In 2010, a doctor prescribed...

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