DUNN v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES

Docket No. 60229.

121 Mich. App. 73 (1982)

328 N.W.2d 576

DUNN v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES

Michigan Court of Appeals.

Decided November 3, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charfoos, Christensen, Gilbert & Archer, P.C. (by Adrienne G. Southgate and Harriet Morman), for plaintiff.

James S. Goulding, for defendant.

Before: N.J. KAUFMAN, P.J., and WAHLS and M.E. CLEMENTS, JJ.


N.J. KAUFMAN, P.J.

In 1974 plaintiffs, Betty and Thomas Dunn,1 took their daughter Stephanie to a doctor for her baby shots. The doctor gave Stephanie Orimune, the Sabin vaccine manufactured by defendant Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid Company. Soon after, Mrs. Dunn became ill. Polio was diagnosed.

The Dunns sued the doctor and Lederle for failure to warn of the hazards of contact polio. After the doctor testified...

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