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BLANCHARD v. ELI LILLY & CO.

Nos. 2:99-CV-256, 2:99-CV-393.

207 F.Supp.2d 308 (2002)

Michael L. BLANCHARD, individually, and as Administrator of the Estate of Ross Allen Blanchard, and as the Administrator of the Estate of Rene Marie Blanchard, Plaintiff, v. ELI LILLY & COMPANY, Defendant. Jose G. Espinoza, individually, and as personal representative of the Estate of Elvira S. Espinoza, and Minnie T. Espinoza, Plaintiffs, v. Eli Lilly & Company, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Vermont.

March 29, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur P. Anderson, Anderson & Buran, P.C., Burlington, VT, for Michael L. Blanchard.

Michael Frederick Hanley, Plante & Hanley, White River Junction, VT, Paul F. Waldner, Richard W. Ewing, Vickery & Waldner, Houston, TX, Arnold A. Vickery, Houston, TX, for Jose G. Espinoza, Minnie T. Espinoza.

Robert B. Hemley, Gravel and Shea, Burlington, VT, Michelle R. Mangrum, Erik M. Anielak, Andrew See, Margann M. Bennett, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L., Kansas City, MO, Stephen E. Scheve, Shook Hardy and Bacon, Houston, TX, Paul D. Snyder, Polsinelli, White, Vardma Shalton, Kansas City, MO, for Eli Lilly & Co.

OPINION AND ORDER

SESSIONS, District Judge.

This is a drug product liability case in which the Plaintiffs claim that Elvira Espinoza shot and killed her children and then committed suicide as a result of her ingestion of Prozac, an antidepressant manufactured by Defendant Eli Lilly & Company ("Lilly"). Before the Court are Lilly's motions for summary judgment on the grounds of lack of admissible expert testimony on causation and lack of probable...

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