A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled that Pfizer Inc. isn't liable to the family of a man who committed suicide. The family claimed that Pfizer's alleged failure to warn physicians and patients that depression drug Zoloft may have dangerous side effects contributed to the death.
Flora Motus, widow of Victor Motus, sued the world's largest drug maker last year for allegedly failing to disclose on Zoloft's packaging that the drug can cause some people to think or act in suicidal ways. Victor Motus killed himself in 1998, six days after his doctor prescribed the drug.
