WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--King & Spalding, a leading international law firm, has earned a significant victory for client GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) in a products liability case. On January 30, a federal district judge granted summary judgment in O’Neal v. SmithKline Beecham d/b/a GlaxoSmithKline and dismissed, with prejudice, all claims made by the plaintiff in a case involving the 1997 suicide of a 13 year-old. This is the fourth major win in a series of victories over the past several months regarding suits filed against the drug manufacturer of the antidepressant drug Paxil.
