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Pfizer Moves to Consolidate Zoloft Lawsuits
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Fri, 01/27/2012
Pfizer, the maker of the antidepressant drug, Zoloft, has filed a motion with the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation asking that 59 lawsuits filed in Federal Court across the country be centralized in one court, before one judge. The lawsuits include product liability claims alleging that Zoloft caused birth defects.
Zoloft was approved by the FDA in 1991 for treatment of major depressive disorder. Generic versions of the drug became available in 2006. Presently there are 48 cases pending in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 5 cases pending in the Southern District of New York, 2 cases in the Southern District of Illinois and one case each in the Northern District of Mississippi, the Southern District of Mississippi, the Eastern District of Missouri and the Northern District of Ohio.
Pfizer has requested the panel to centralize all of the litigation in the Southern District of New York, where its headquarters are located. Alternatively, they asked for either the Northern District or the Southern District of Mississippi or the Northern District of Ohio.
The Taylor Law Firm is handling claims for birth defects caused by Zoloft nationwide, including claims from the states of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and the cities of Biloxi, Gulfport, Pascagoula, Mobile and Pensacola. We would like discuss your case with you. Please call us at 855.646.4355 or contact us here.
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