Mirapex Compulsive Gambling Claims are Time-Barred, Judge Says

MINNEAPOLIS - Claims that Mirapex caused a man to lose millions of dollars to gambling are time-barred under Texas law because he knew as early as 2005 of a possible link between pathological gambling and the Parkinson's drug, a federal judge has ruled. In re Mirapex Products Liability Litigation, Nos. 07-MDL-1836 and 10-CV-644 (D. Minn.).

On Aug. 25, Judge James M. Rosenbaum of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota further ruled that the two-year statute of limitations was not tolled by mental disability because there is no evidence that the plaintiff was diagnosed with mental illness.