BOYCHEK v. CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 87-308.

674 F.Supp. 514 (1987)

Barbara BOYCHEK and Roger Boychek, as parents and natural guardians of Serina Boychek, an infant child, and Barbara Boychek and Roger Boychek, individually, Plaintiffs, v. CONNAUGHT LABORATORIES, INC. a Delaware corporation, Connaught Laboratories, Ltd. a Canadian corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

November 4, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Patterson, Meyer Darragh Buckler Bebenek & Eck, William S. Schweers, Pittsburgh, Pa., Gary L. Shockey, Jackson, Wyo., for plaintiffs.

James P. McKenna, Jr., Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, Pittsburgh, Pa., Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for defendants.


OPINION

GERALD J. WEBER, District Judge.

Plaintiffs filed this suit alleging injury to the infant-plaintiff from the pertussis component of the DPT vaccine. Plaintiffs sued four interrelated companies: Canada Development Corporation, the parent company; CDC Life Sciences, a wholly owned subsidiary of the parent, Connaught Laboratories, Ltd., (hereinafter LTD), a Canadian corporation wholly owned by CDC Life Sciences; and Connaught Laboratories, Inc. (Hereinafter...

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