Lilly Awarded Summary Judgment in Prozac Suicide Case

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah - Plaintiff counsel's failure to submit expert testimony on causation in a Prozac suicide case led to a federal judge's decision to award summary judgment to Eli Lilly, the manufacturer of the antidepressant. Kevin H. Rider and Dawn Rider, v. Eli Lilly & Co., et al., No. 02-CV-1171 PGC (D. Utah).

U.S. District Judge Paul G. Cassell's Oct. 14 order dismissed the claims against the drug maker after rejecting the plaintiff's motion for relief under Rule 60(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure from a scheduling order that required the submission of expert reports by …