West Virginia Court Rules Zoloft Heart Defect Cases Need Labeling Expert

(February 17, 2017, 2:09 PM EST) -- CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A West Virginia state judicial panel on Feb. 15 granted summary judgment to Pfizer Inc. in two Zoloft heart defect cases, ruling that the plaintiffs require expert testimony to establish failure to warn and that they cannot rely on record evidence or even the defendants’ own witnesses to do so (In Re:  Zoloft Litigation, No. 14-C-7000, J.C., et al., No. 12-C-146-WNE, I.H., et al., No. 13-C-229-WNE, W.Va. Cir., Kanawha Co.)....

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