Neurontin Suit Will Proceed Against Drug Makers in Tennessee

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A Tennessee federal judge has refused to grant Pfizer Inc. and Warner-Lambert Co. summary judgment on claims of negligence, products liability, breach of implied warranties and fraudulent concealment brought by the widow of a man who killed himself after taking Neurontin. Smith v. Pfizer Inc., et al., No. 3:05-0444 (M.D. Tenn.).

Judge Aleta A. Trauger of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ruled Feb. 19 that the plaintiff showed that the drug could have been the actual or proximate cause of the suicide and that additional warnings could have affected the decedent's decision …