Judge Rejects Effort to Exclude Causation Testimony in Zyprexa Case

PORTLAND, Maine - Two experts whose testimony supports allegations that Zyprexa caused a 27-year-old Maine man's hyperglycemic coma and death have been cleared to present their opinions to a jury. Tardy v. Eli Lilly & Co., No. CV-03-538 (Maine Super. Ct., Cumberland Cty.).

Rejecting a motion by Zyprexa maker Eli Lilly to exclude the experts and render judgment in the case, Judge Robert E. Crowley of Cumberland County Superior Court said May 2 that questions surrounding the manner in which the plaintiff's experts investigated the death of plaintiff Michael Tardy, and their conclusions regarding his cause of death, are best …