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ABOUT SEALED SETTLEMENTS

When malpractice or product cases are settled, the plaintiffs often agree to withhold varying degrees of information from the public in order to protect the privacy of the defendant who has settled.  Dr. Breggin will often limit what he reports on this website until he can learn precisely what he […]

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Affidavit Mazella Retrial

Peter R. Breggin, M.D. Mailing Address: Peter R. Breggin M.D. 206A Dryden Rd PMB 112 Ithaca, NY 14850 607-272-5328 May 3, 2017 I affirm under the penalty of perjury the following: (1) My name is Peter R. Breggin, MD and I am a physician licensed to practice medicine in New […]

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Mazella Retrial Settled by Defendants After Judge Approves Scientific Basis for Dr. Peter Breggin’s Opinions   (1) Story of the Frye Victory in the Mazella Retrial (2) Dr. Peter Breggin’s affidavit report for the Mazella Retrial Frye Hearing (3) Scientific Articles Submitted with Dr. Peter Breggin’s Affidavit for the Frye Hearing […]

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Mazella Case Retrial Settled after Frye Victory 2017

In 2014, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, MD was the medical expert in the case of Joseph Mazella vs. William Beals, MD, in Syracuse, New York. Mr. Mazella committed suicide by stabbing himself multiple times in an exceedingly violent death.  The jury awarded $1.4 million to the surviving family. Dr. Breggin […]

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Jury Awards $11.9 Million in Paxil Suicide Case

Peter R. Breggin MD is the Psychiatric Expert In one of the largest awards of its kind in an antidepressant-related suicide case, on September 15, 2016, a jury awarded $11.9 million to the family of Mumun Barbaros who killed himself in jail after a psychiatrist restarted him on Paxil (paroxetine). […]

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