Pa. Federal Judge Transfers Paxil Birth Defect Action to Ohio

CINCINNATI — A Pennsylvania federal judge has transferred a Paxil birth defect case to the Southern District of Ohio, finding the private interests of the parties favors transfer because operative facts of the case took place in Ohio.

In an Oct. 1 order, Judge Joel H. Slomsky of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania further found the public interests favor transfer because Ohio has a stronger interest than Pennsylvania in deciding this case because plaintiffs’ injuries were sustained in Ohio.

In March 2014, Ohio residents Kathryn Kiker and her minor son, “C.S.,” sued GlaxoSmithKline, alleging that …