CRAGIN v. U.S.

Civ. No. 86-0035-P.

684 F.Supp. 746 (1988)

Jill E. CRAGIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

April 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick N. McTeague, Thomas R. Watson, McTeague, Higbee, Libner, Reitman MacAdam & Case, Topsham, Me., for plaintiffs.

Laura D. Millman, Trial Atty., Jeffrey Axelrad, Director, Torts Branch, Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., David R. Collins, Asst. U.S. Atty., Portland, Me., for defendant.


OPINION AND ORDER

GENE CARTER, District Judge.

I. Introduction

Plaintiff Jill Cragin brings this action, through her parents, Virginia and John Cragin, to recover damages for neurological injury she suffered during a bout with pneumococcal meningitis in 1969. She claims her meningitis was caused by a DPT vaccine administered by a United States Navy physician two weeks before the onset of the disease. She claims her meningitis was exacerbated...

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