Prozac Testimony Ruled Reliable; Judge Denies Motion In Limine



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PITTSBURGH-A motion to strike the expert testimony of British psychiatrist Dr. David Healy was denied by a federal judge who stated the testimony could link the plaintiff's attempted suicide to her use of Prozac. Cassidy v. Eli Lilly Co., No. 821 (W.D. Pa.)

U.S. District Judge Donetta W. Ambrose of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania stated in a June 1 opinion that Healy's testimony was reliable and displayed the proper intellectual rigor in compliance with the guidelines for expert witness testimony established in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharm., Inc. 509 U.S. 579 (1993).

Plaintiff Melvin …






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