Mom's Lawsuit Alleges Accutane Caused Boy To Fly Plane into Skyscraper

TAMPA, Fla. - The mother of the 15-year-old boy who apparently committed suicide by crashing a small plane into the side of a Tampa skyscraper has filed a $70 million wrongful death lawsuit against Hoffman-La Roche, the manufacturers of the acne medication the boy was taking at the time of the crash. Bishop v. Hoffman-La Roche, Inc. et al., No. n/a (Fla. Cir. Ct., Hillsborough Cty.).

Julia Bishop filed the complaint April 15 in Hillsborough County Circuit Court alleging that Hoffman-La Roche is to blame for her son Charles' death because the company failed to adequately warn patients of …