PPA Plaintiff's Statements to Kids Don't Create Causation Question

CHICAGO - Statements that a PPA plaintiff made to his children about over-the-counter cold medication he took prior to suffering a stroke do not fall under exceptions to the hearsay rule and, therefore, cannot be considered as causation evidence, a federal judge has ruled. Brown v. SmithKlineBeecham Corp., No. 06-05725 (N.D. Ill.).

U.S. District Judge David H. Coar of the Northern District of Illinois held Jan. 18 that none of the information plaintiff David Brown provided to his children regarding his ingestion of PPA-containing Contac could be considered to refute evidence that he hadn't taken the cold medicine within 72 …