Couple Claims Belated Knowledge of Paxil Withdrawal Symptoms Tolls Statute of Limitations

TULSA, Okla. - An Oklahoma couple claims that their suit against the manufacturer of Paxil is not barred by the two-year statute of limitation because they did not become aware of the antidepressant's relationship with withdrawal symptoms until the discovery proceedings in a Wyoming wrongful death case that ended in June 2001. Candace Miller and George Miller v. GlaxoSmithKline, No. 03-CV-393K(J) (N.D. Okla., Tulsa Div.).

In addition, the statute of limitation is tolled by GlaxoSmithKline's (GSK) fraudulent concealment of the drug's ability to cause this side effect, the plaintiffs allege.

Plaintiff Candace Miller, who was a speech language pathologist for …