HOCKETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 83-5047.

730 F.2d 709 (1984)

Madeline Louise HOCKETT and Lowry Hockett, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Mary McElroy Leach, Trial Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.

Maguire & Friend, Michael P. Maguire, Coral Gables, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

In this case we review the correctness of the trial court's findings, based on conflicting expert testimony, that a swine flu vaccination caused plaintiff's subsequent disease and complications. We affirm the judgment for the plaintiff.

I. Background

Plaintiff Madeline Hockett received a swine flu vaccination in October 1976. Six months later she was diagnosed as having Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS), a debilitating neurological...

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