Mother Sues Forest Labs for Daughter's Alleged Lexapro-Induced Suicide

TRENTON - The surviving mother of a child who committed suicide at age 11 is suing Forest Laboratories, claiming that her daughter's death was caused by the company's Lexapro antidepressant. Simmons v. Forest Laboratories Inc. No. 06-3328 (D. N.J.).

Jolie Simmons, individually and as personal representative for her deceased daughter, Rachel K. Caddy, sued Forest Laboratories Inc. on July 21 in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Simmons claims that Caddy's July 22, 2004, suicide was a result of ingesting Lexapro (escitalopram oxalate). Simmons says Caddy used Lexapro from June 2004 until she hanged herself a …