KING v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES DIV. OF AM. CYANAMID

No. 81-5005.

534 F.Supp. 118 (1981)

Lori KING & Ken King, her husband, Plaintiffs, v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY and the United States of America, and unknown employees of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Arkansas, Fayetteville Division.

November 25, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Kyle, Hollywood, Fla., for plaintiffs.

P. H. Hardin, Hardin, Jesson & Dawson, Fort Smith, Ark., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

WATERS, Chief Judge.

In this action Mrs. Lori King seeks damages from Lederle Laboratories, the United States and unknown employees of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare on the grounds that due to the defendants' fault she contracted poliomyelitis after her infant son was immunized with Orimune, a live poliovirus vaccine manufactured by Lederle. Mrs. King's husband, Ken King, is...

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