Fwd: VICTORY: U.S. Supreme Court Decision: anti-depression drug manufacturers are NOT immune from lawsuits,

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>VICTORY: U.S. Supreme Court Decision: anti-depression drug

> manufacturers are NOT immune from lawsuits,

> Dannemann <ncowmail

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>...and, I wonder...what this ruling can mean for

>vaccine manufacturers? Can we assume that it can work in our favor?

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>Lawrence A. Plumlee <<laplumleelaplumlee

>Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM

>U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Third

>Circuit Decision in Anti-Depressant Suicide Case

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>This is really legally important. The argument

>that FDA approval preempts any lawsuits against

>drug corporations has prevailed in a lot of

>lower courts. Now that the Supremes have

>weighed in against it, a lot of people will be

>able to get some measure of justice. It's great.

>

>Ted Chabasinski <<tedchabasinskitedchabasinski

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>U.S. Supreme Court Vacates Third Circuit

>Decision in Anti-Depressant Suicide Case

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>Civil Justice Attorney Sol Weiss Argued Case and

>Says Families Now Have Opportunity for Compensation

>PHILADELPHIA -- In the wake of last week’s

>ruling in Wyeth v. Levine, the Supreme Court

>vacated the Third Circuit Court of Appeal’s

>opinion in Joseph Colacicco, et al. v. Apotex,

>Inc., which held that federal law preempted

>consumer lawsuits against several drug

>manufacturers, including the makers of Paxil and Zoloft.

>“The Court rightly found that these

>anti-depression drug manufacturers aren’t immune

>from lawsuits,” said Anapol Schwartz civil

>justice attorney Sol Weiss, who argued the case

>in the Third Circuit and was on the brief filed

>by the Supreme Court. “Families whose loved ones

>committed suicide while taking these

>antidepressants will now have an opportunity to

>receive compensation under common law.”

>Remanded to the Third Circuit, the case was

>filed by Joseph Colacicco following his wife’s

>suicide just 21 days after taking Paxil, and

>involves the drug makers’ failure to label their

>antidepressants, warning consumers about increased suicide risks.

>Most recently representing more than 800

>plaintiffs as co-liaison counsel in the N.J

>Vioxx litigation, and serving as co-chair of the

>American Association for Justice preemption

>committee which has lobbied against preemption,

>Weiss says, “It’s well known that

>antidepressants can increase suicide risks. The

>Supreme Court’s decision sends the message that

>drug companies must fully and fairly disclose

>the results of their clinical trial to warn

>consumers about the potential dangers and

>adverse effects of their medications.”

>Advocating for consumer rights in preemption

>cases in both federal and state courts, Weiss

>has 36-years experience representing those

>harmed by unsafe drugs, whether securing a $68.5

>million settlement for 168 individuals seriously

>injured by the statin drug Baycol, or serving as

>one of seven class counsel in a $3.75 billion settlement in a diet drug case.

>For more information on Joseph Colacicco, et al.

>v. Apotex, Inc., and how preemption adversely

>impacts consumers, call Sol Weiss at

>215-735-2098 or e-mail him at

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>Founded in 1977, Anapol, Schwartz, Weiss, Cohan,

>Feldman & Smalley, P.C., is a personal injury

>firm with more than 25 attorneys and law offices

>in Philadelphia, Media, Reading and Harrisburg,

>Pa., as well as Cherry Hill, N.J. and Wheeling,

>W.Va. The firm has a multi-faceted practice with

>a tradition of excellence in pharmaceutical mass

>tort, medical device matters, toxic tort, class

>actions, products liability, workplace injury,

>professional negligence cases, automobile,

>investor claims and wrongful termination litigation.

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> Dannemann

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