AMERICAN HOME PRODUCTS CORPORATION et al.
v.
FERRARI et al.
Supreme Court of Georgia.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 6, 2008.
October 6, 2008.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Alembik, Fine & Callner, Lowell S. Fine, Leslie J. Suson, King & Spalding, Matthew S. Harman, Robert D. Hays, Jr., Michael R. Powers, Fulbright & Jaworski, Marcy H. Greer, Stephanie A. Smith, Barclay A. Manley, James C. Ferrell, Elizabeth M. Pipkin, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, Daniel J. Thomasch, Richard W. Mark, Lauren J. Elliot, John L. Ewald, for appellants.
Lanny B. Bridgers, Nall & Miller, George P. Neuhauser, Kenneth P. McDuffie, Greenberg Taurig, Lori G. Cohen, Christiana C. Jacxsens, R. Patrick White, Hawkins & Parnell, William H. Major III, David H. Wilson, Fields, Howell, Athans & McLaughlin, Paul L. Fields, Jr., Alissa C. Malone, Joseph F. Archer, Shook, Hardy & Bacon, William F. Northrip, Jeffrey A. Kruse, Lori C. McGroder, Tucker, Ellis & West, Robert C. Tucker, Chris W. Bayuk, Atlanta, for appellees.
Joseph F. Archer, Joseph F. Archer, P.C., Houston, William F. Northrip, Jeffrey A. Kruse, Lori C. McGroder, Shook Hardy & Bacon, Kansas City, MI, Robert C. Tucker, Tucker Ellis & West, LLP, Cleveland, OH, Chris W. Bayuk, Bayuk & Associates, Inc., San Diego, CA, Stacey A. Martinez, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, Houston, TX, for others.
James A. Goldstein, Goldstein & Law, LLP, William L. Ballard, Scherffius, Ballard, Still & Ayers, Atlanta, for amicus appellee.
Robin S. Conrad, Amar D. Sarwal, National Chamber Litigation Center, Inc., Douglas T. Nelson, Joshua Saltzman, CropLife America, Washington, DC, Bruce Perrin Brown, Lawrence S. Ebner, McKenna Long & Aldridge, LLP, Atlanta, Deborah J. La Fetra, Elizabeth A. Yi, Pacific Leagl Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for amicus appellant.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
CARLEY, Justice.
Appellees Marcelo and Carolyn Ferrari, individually and on behalf of their minor son, brought suit against several vaccine manufacturers, including Appellants, alleging that their son suffered neurological damage caused by vaccines made with the preservative thimerosal, which contained the toxic substance mercury. Appellees' claims under Georgia law included strict liability and negligence. They specifically alleged that Appellants could and should...
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