Judge Excludes Expert Testimony in Homicide/Suicide Case

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - In a suit alleging that Prozac caused a man to kill his wife and himself, a New Mexico federal judge has excluded the testimony of plaintiff's causation expert, ruling that her methodology does not meet Daubert requirements. Gilbert v. Eli Lilly and Co., No. 06-0874 (D. N.M.).

On July 21, U.S. District Judge Judith C. Herrera of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico ruled that Dr. Grace Jackson's conclusions were speculative because, among other reasons, the studies she relied upon had no controls, making it impossible to factor out Prozac as compared to …