688 F. Supp. 2d 735 - Smith v. PFIZER INC.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. “[fjrom th[e] evidence, the jury could reasonably conclude that ... [the plaintiff] would have stopped taking [the medication] Neurontin if ... [his doctor] had told him ... that he should be alert to the possibility of increased depression or suicidality”). . Novartis treats Gilliland’s negligent manufacture claim as a design defect claim because it”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Gilliland v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp.

2. “the crucial inquiry is whether the defendant's negligent conduct led to or made it reasonably foreseeable that the deceased would commit suicide. If so, the suicide is not an independent intervening cause breaking the chain of legal causation.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Cotten v. Wilson

3. “defendants ignore the line of Tennessee precedent...which held that 'each party to a contract is bound to disclose to the other all he may know respecting the subject matter materially affecting a correct view of it'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. In re Chrysler-Dodge-Jeep Ecodiesel Mktg.