Federal Judge Rejects ‘Mental Derangement’ Tolling in Mirapex Compulsive Gambling Suit

MINNEAPOLIS — Claims brought against Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. by a man who says Mirapex caused him to compulsively gamble are time-barred under California’s two-year statute of limitations, a Minnesota federal judge has ruled.

Chief Judge Michael J. Davis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota agreed with a magistrate judge that the limitations period was not tolled because the plaintiff was not rendered legally insane by the Parkinson’s drug.

Marc Mancini, a California resident, began taking Mirapex in January 2006 and started gambling “almost immediately” afterwards. His gambling began with “small stuff” like lottery scratch-offs but …