Oregon Couple Settles Zoloft Wrongful Death Lawsuit with Pfizer

SALT LAKE CITY - An Oregon couple who blamed their daughter's suicide on her use of Pfizer Inc.'s Zoloft antidepressant settled their lawsuit against the manufacturer on Oct. 21. Kallas v. Pfizer Inc. No. 2:04-cv-00998 (D. Utah).

Ken B. and Angela R. Kallas and Pfizer jointly moved to dismiss the case with prejudice on Oct. 21. District Judge Paul G. Cassell granted the motion the same day. Settlement terms were said to be confidential.

The Kallases sued Pfizer Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah on Oct. 26, 2004. The couple claimed that their 15-year-old daughter's …