Baum Hedlund has the longest track-record, 17 years, in handling SSRI antidepressant litigation. The firm has five plaintiff attorneys specifically dedicated to litigating the SSRI antidepressant cases. Since 1990 Baum Hedlund has been handling SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) antidepressant cases and served on the Plaintiffs' Steering Committee in the early 1990s in the first SSRI-suicide litigation involving Prozac (the first SSRI approved by the FDA for marketing in the U.S.). The firm currently represents families of children who have suffered birth defects due to their mothers' use of Paxil during pregnancy.

Parents of Five Children Born with Severe Heart Defects
File Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Lawsuits Against Paxil Maker
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	Hannah Grace Mobley was born on October 17, 2002, in Dunbar, West Virginia: She had four surgeries for a complex condition called Tetralogy of Fallot, which involves several associated congenital heart defects. Hannah died at 20 months. Her parents are Joshua and Chasity Mobley.
	Taylor Danielle Mobley was also born on October 17, 2002, in Dunbar, West Virginia: (Hannah’s identical twin) age 4, was born with a life-threatening congenital heart defect, Ventricular Septal Defect ("VSD") (Septal defects are sometimes called a "hole" in the heart. A defect between the heart's two lower chambers (the ventricles) is called a ventricular septal defect [VSD]). Her VSD subsequently closed up without the necessity of surgery.

In addition to Hannah and Taylor, Joshua and Chastity Mobley have two older children who were born without defects when Chasity was not on Paxil. See FACT SHEET for details.

 

Kenndyl Gueldenzoph was born on September 26, 2004, in Toledo, Ohio: She was born with a congenital heart defect called hypoplastic left heart syndrome, a condition where the left side of the heart -- including the aorta, aortic valve, left ventricle and mitral valve -- is underdeveloped. After several surgeries attempting to save her life, Kenndyl died when she was 17 days old. Her parents are Roy and Kimberly Gueldenzoph of Lambertville, Michigan. xThey have xone older xchild who was xborn without xdefects xwhen Kimberly was not on Paxil.
See FACT SHEET for details.

 

Mark Fromm, was born on February 2, 2005, in Westerville, OH. He was born with a Tricuspid Atresia (a condition where there is no tricuspid valve and the right ventricle is usually small. There is a reduced flow of blood to the lungs), Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) and pulmonary stenosis - all life-threatening congenital heart defects. He has already endured two life-threatening surgeries. First, when Mark was just seven weeks old, a shunt was placed in his heart. This procedure was followed by a bidirectional Glenn procedure when Mark was nine months old. This procedure in an open heart surgery that is used to prepare the heart for the Fontan procedure, which Mark is scheduled to have next year. His parents are Jon and Gina Fromm of Baltimore, Ohio. They have no other children. See FACT SHEET for details.

 

	Keagan Hargitt was born on January 14, 2002, in Omaha, Nebraska: He was also born with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. In the 24 days of his life he underwent four surgeries. His parents are Barbara A. Hargitt of Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Trever Hargitt. They have three other children (two born before Keagan and one after Keagan was born) without defects when Barbara was not on Paxil. See FACT SHEET for details.
	Child Born with Severe Heart Defects Sues Paxil-Maker Two-year-old Adrian Vasquez has undergone three open-heart surgeries and now has a pacemaker. His mother took the antidepressant Paxil throughout her entire pregnancy. Adrian and his parents, Anthony and Matilda Vasquez of Bedford, Texas, filed a lawsuit against Philadelphia-based GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK"), the maker of Paxil, in Pennsylvania State Court. The family alleges that xMrs. Vasquez’sx ingestion of Paxil duringx her pregnancy resulted in her son being born with severe heart defects. READ MORE >>>>

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