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MORRIS v. PARKE, DAVIS & CO.

No. CV 82-5296-RJK (JRx).

573 F.Supp. 1324 (1983)

Lesta MORRIS and Eddie Morris, individually, and David Kent Morris by his Guardian Ad Litem, Lesta Morris, Plaintiffs, v. PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY, A DIVISION OF WARNER-LAMBERT, Wyeth Laboratories, a division of American Home Products Corporation, Lederle Laboratories, a division of American Cyanamid Company, Eli Lilly and Company, the National Drug Company, a division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

September 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward, Dodd & Gaunt, Andrew W. Dodd, Torrance, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, John Dillard, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Parke, Davis & Co.

Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas, Judith A. Lonsdale, Lee B. Wenzel, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Wyeth Laboratories.

Haight, Dickson, Brown & Bonesteel, Robert L. Dickson, Hall R. Marston, Santa Monica, Cal., for defendant Lederle Laboratories.

Morris, Polich & Purdy, Jeffrey S. Barron, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Eli Lilly and Co.

Hast & Sabatasse, Patrick J. Hast, Van Nuys, Cal., for defendant Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc. sued and served as The Nat. Drug Co.

OPINION

KELLEHER, Senior District Judge.

This action arises out of personal injuries that plaintiff David Morris allegedly suffered in reaction to a diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccine. The vaccine was administered to him in June of 1965, when he was six months old. Since that time, David Morris has suffered from irreversible brain damage. Joined as plaintiffs are David's parents, Lesta Morris and Eddie Morris. Defendants are five pharmaceutical...

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