Pfizer Files 10 Motions In Limine, Says Plaintiff's Evidence and Expert Testimony Should be Excluded

TYLER, Texas - Pfizer filed 10 motions in limine on Aug. 15, asking the court to exclude from a Zoloft wrongful death case the plaintiff's evidence regarding other product liability claims, post-death evidence on the drug's labeling, data on other medications and certain expert testimony. Cartwright, et al. v. Pfizer Inc. No. 6:04-cv-292 (E.D. Texas.).

Plaintiff Matthew D. Cartwright sued Pfizer on May 8, 2004, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, alleging that Zoloft (sertraline), an antidepressant, was responsible for the May 30, 2002, suicide death of his wife, Bethany J. Cartwright. Trial is set …