EVANS EX REL. EVANS v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES

No. 98-1293.

167 F.3d 1106 (1999)

Kathleen EVANS, as Conservator of Jessica EVANS, a protected person, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LEDERLE LABORATORIES, Link Clinic, and O. Sharma, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 3, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Phebus, Phebus & Winkelmann, Urbana, IL; Nancy J. Glidden (argued), Phebus & Winkelmann, West Chester, PA, for Kathleen Evans.

Michael A. Pollard (argued), Thomas F. Bridgman, Baker & McKenzie, Chicago, IL; Peter W. Brandt, Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, Bloomington, IL, for Lederle Laboratories.

Richard C. Hayden (argued), Craig & Craig, Mattoon, IL, for Link Clinic and O. Sharma.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

During the first year of her life, Jessica Evans received three doses of a diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus (DPT) vaccine manufactured by Lederle and administered by Sharma, a physician, at the Link Clinic. Several years later, Jessica's mother, Kathleen Evans, filed suit on her behalf seeking to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by the vaccine. A confusing chronology of litigation ensued...

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