Claims against Physician in Amended Complaint Warrant Remand

LAFAYETTE, La. - A woman moved to remand her lawsuit against the manufacturers of Zyprexa and Celexa March 29 on the ground that she has requested permission to file an amended complaint that would include claims against the physician who prescribed the drugs to her now deceased husband. Folse, et al. v. Eli Lilly & Co., et al. No. 03-CV-1888 (W.D. La.).

Charlene Folse contends that Dr. Edgardo Concepcion, who prescribed the drugs to her husband, was negligent because he failed to monitor decedent Kevin Folse's response to Zyprexa and did not reduce his dosage of the antipsychotic after providing …