Suit Against Prozac Maker is Time Barred, 3rd Circuit Affirms

PHILADELPHIA - A suit brought by a Pennsylvania man who says Prozac caused him to kill his father is time barred because he knew by 1996 that he was allegedly injured by the drug maker's failure to warn of the drug's possible side effects, a federal appellate court has affirmed. Danysh v. Eli Lilly & Co., No. 11-3883 (3rd Cir.).

On Jan. 31, the 3rd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held that the discovery rule did not toll the statute of limitations because the plaintiff knew of his injury and the drug maker's alleged role in July 2004, when he …