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HURLEY v. LEDERLE LAB., DIV. OF AMERICAN CYANAMID CO.

Civ. A. No. B-85-449-CA.

651 F.Supp. 993 (1986)

James L. HURLEY, Jr., et al. v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES, DIVISION OF AMERICAN CYANAMID COMPANY and Connaught Laboratories, Inc.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Beaumont Division.

December 31, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew Dodd, Dodd, Ward, Dodd & Gaunt, Torrance, Cal., Marcus A. Pitre, Wright & Pitre, Port Neches, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Richard L. Josephson, Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., Richard McCarroll, Demaris Gullekson, Brown, Maroney, Rose, Barber & Dye, Austin, Tex., O.J. Weber, Mehaffy, Weber, Keith & Gonsoulin, Beaumont, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

COBB, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, parents of James L. Hurley, III, had their son vaccinated against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus by using DPT vaccine when the child was less than a year old. The vaccine was manufactured and distributed by the defendants Lederle Laboratories (Lederle), and Connaught Laboratories, Inc. (Connaught). Thereafter, the child sustained severe and irreversible neurological damage.

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