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It was discovered soon afterwards that Wesbecker had been taking a course of the antidepressant Prozac. Thus Eli Lilly of Indianapolis, the manufacturer and distributor of the drug, became a prime target in a subsequent liability suit brought by the survivors and relatives of the dead. According to his psychiatrist, Dr Lee Coleman of Louisville, Wesbecker had been prescribed Prozac to alleviate depression related to workplace stress and his complaints of continuing unfair treatment by the management at Standard Gravure.
Plantiffs' counsel argued that the drug had disrupted Wesbecker's impulse control to a point where he was not responsible for his actions. Brain serotonin had been raised to
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