Claimed 'Insanity' Does Not Toll Statutes of Limitations, Judge Rules

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A suit alleging injuries caused by the ingestion of Wyeth's Robitussin was untimely filed and the plaintiff has not established a sufficient basis to toll the applicable statutes of limitations, an Alabama federal judge has ruled. Love v. Wyeth, No. 06-AR-0298-S (N.D. Ala.).

Judge William M. Acker of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama held that the plaintiff failed to prove he suffered from insanity at the time of his injury.

Tony Love suffered an ischemic stroke in March 1999, after ingesting Robitussin, a cold medicine manufactured by Wyeth's predecessor, American Home Products …