SHADIE v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC.

No. 3:CV-02-0702.

254 F.Supp.2d 509 (2003)

George SHADIE, Parent and Natural Guardian of Alex Shadie, et al. Plaintiffs v. AVENTIS PASTEUR, INC., Individually and as Successor in Interest to Connaught Laboratories, Inc., et al. Defendants

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

March 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald John Hanchulak, Scranton, PA, for Plaintiffs.

Jonathan Dryer, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP, Catherine Merino Reisman, James A. Willhite, Jr., John W. Frazier, IV, Mongomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP, Eugene J. Kuzinski, Nina M. Gussack, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Pepper Hamilton LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Dino S. Sangiamo, Venable, Baetjer and Howard, LLP, Baltimore, MD, George A. Reihner, Elliot Reihner Siedzikowski North & Egan, Scranton, PA, Andrea J. Rea, Reed Smith, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, F. Lane Heard, III, Williams & Connolly, Washington, DC, Michael T. Scott, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, Robert B. Hoffman, Reed Smith LLP, Harrisburg, PA, Ryan T. Scarborough, Stephan L. Urbanczyk, Williams and Connolly, Washington, DC, David R. Kraus, Dechert, Harrisburg, PA, Lee Davis Thames, Butler Snow O'Mara Stevens & Cannada, PLLC, Jackson, MS, Robert A. Limbacher, Dechert, Philadelphia, PA, Michael J. Donohue, Kreder, Brooks, Hailstone & Ludwig, Scranton, PA, Christine Coers-Mitchell, Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, Portland, OR, Delano M. Lantz, McNees Wallace & Nurick, Harrisburg, PA, Walter H. Sweek, Cosgrave Vergeer Kester LLP, Portland, OR, Michael J. O'Neill, Ronald P. Schiller, Piper Runick, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Irving Weisen, Stamford, CT, Timothy E. Foley, Foley, Cognetti, Comerford & Cimini, Scranton, PA, for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM

VANASKIE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs commenced these proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County on March 22, 2002. The plaintiffs are parents and their children who allegedly have been exposed to mercury contained in Thimerosal, a preservative found in various childhood vaccines. They contend that this alleged exposure caused neurological damage and neurodevelopmental injuries to the children, specifically, "degenerative...

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