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Jury Awards $2.5M for Paxil-related Injuries in First Paxil Birth Defect Trial
A jury has rendered a favorable verdict for the family who sued GlaxoSmithKline, P.L.C. (GSK) in the first of a series of Paxil birth defect trials, alleging that for years GSK failed to warn consumers about Paxil's potential risks of birth defects and hid those risks to boost profits.
The Paxil trial began September 14, 2009 in Philadelphia's Common Pleas Court. After almost a month of trial, on October 13, 2009, the jury found Glaxo failed to properly warn doctors and pregnant users of Paxil's risk and concluded that GSK must pay $2.5M to the family of Lyam Kilker, whose mother took Paxil during her pregnancy with Lyam.
Lyam Kilker and his mother, Michelle David, are represented by Houston, Texas attorneys Sean Patrick Tracey and Shawn P. Fox of Tracey Law Firm, Clayton A. Clark and Scott A. Love of Clark, Dean, Burnett, Adam D. Peavy of Bailey, Perrin, Bailey, and Philadelphia attorney, Jamie L. Sheller of Sheller, P.C.
In the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Civil Trial Division
LYAM KILKER, a Minor, by MICHELLE M. DAVID, as Next Friend and Individually
VS.
SMITHKLINE BEECHAM CORPORATION d/b/a GLAXOSMITHKLINE
This is the first of three early trials that will set the stage for about 600 similar lawsuits accusing GSK of ignoring evidence that Paxil may have caused heart defects and other injuries suffered by infants born to women taking the antidepressant. Plaintiffs allege that GSK did not warn about the risks of Paxil until forced to add a warning label, when the FDA on December 8, 2005 sent out a "Dear Doctor letter" to physicians suggesting Paxil might contribute to heart defects in infants when taken in the first trimester of pregnancy.
Lyam Kilker is one such child born with severe heart malformations that developed while his mother was taking Paxil. Ms. David claims that taking Paxil during her pregnancy caused life threatening heart problems suffered by her now three year-old son. She said she would never have taken Paxil while pregnant if she knew that Paxil posed a risk of birth defects. Lyam was born with two holes in his heart and underwent multiple open-heart surgeries within six months of his birth. He will eventually need another surgery.
Significant Cases
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With over 15 years experience, the personal injury trial attorneys at Tracey Law Firm have obtained hundreds of millions of dollars in personal injury lawsuit verdicts and settlements on behalf of people in Texas, along the Gulf Coast, and nationwide. Because of our success, you can be assured that our firm is financially prepared to battle with the largest of corporate defendants who owe damages for problems that could have been prevented.
Unfortunately, due to confidentiality agreements, personal injury attorney Sean Patrick Tracey is not allowed to disclose the specifics of settlements with major corporations. However, the lawyers of Tracey Law Firm are currently handling cases involving birth injuries, defective drug injuries, catastrophic injuries and wrongful death nationwide, with a focus on the pharmaceutical home states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Following is one of the significant cases that we have handled:
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