Woman Can Pursue Claims Physicians Who Prescribed Antipsychotics

NORFOLK, Va. - A federal judge remanded a woman's lawsuit against Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca after finding that she could pursue claims against the physicians who prescribed Zyprexa and Seroquel to her deceased mother. Wright v. Eli Lilly & Co., et al. No. 03-CV-888 (E.D. Va.).

U.S. District Judge Henry Coke Morgan ruled March 22 that plaintiff Carol Wright's allegations against three Virginia corporations and two individual physicians satisfied the state's pleading requirements.

In her Nov. 7, 2003, motion for judgment, Wright asserted claims against Zyprexa manufacturer Eli Lilly and Seroquel maker AstraZeneca, alleging that her mother's use of the …